Indians In US: The Trump administration is taking a very strict stance against immigrants. In such a situation, Indian students studying in America are also afraid of deportation.
Indians In US: As Donald Trump’s second term as the US President began, problems of immigrants have started increasing. While illegal immigrants are being dropped across the border in military planes, rules are being strictly enforced for legal immigrants as well. In such a situation, Indians living legally in the US are also afraid of deportation. Indian students studying here have started leaving their part-time jobs due to this fear.
In fact, under the rules of F-1 visa, foreign students studying in America are allowed to work for a maximum of 20 hours in a week. They can do this job only on the campus of their institute. However, students work outside the campus against the rules to meet their expenses. Now after Trump’s strictness on immigration rules, students have started leaving their off-campus part-time jobs.
‘I don’t want to take the risk’
Times of India has spoken to some such students. One such student is Arjun who is graduating from Illinois University. He says, ‘I used to work in a small cafe after college to meet my monthly expenses. I used to get 7 dollars an hour from there. I used to work 6 hours a day. It was a good arrangement. But last week I left that job. I don’t want to be deported for unauthorized work. I cannot take this risk.’
‘We friends have decided not to work anymore’
Neha, another Indian student pursuing her masters in New York, says, ‘My friends and I have decided not to work anymore. This is a difficult decision but we don’t want to be deported. We can’t put our student visas at risk. My parents have sacrificed a lot to send me here.’
The Trump administration is strict about immigrants
. Donald Trump issued several executive orders just after taking the oath of office on January 20. These included orders like expelling illegal immigrants from America as soon as possible and strictly following the rules made for legal immigrants. On Friday itself, two military planes from America left 160 illegal immigrants across the border in Guatemala.
