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As President Trump hardens attitudes on immigration, Indians on H-1B visas — and even naturalised Indian Americans — say rising scrutiny and online slurs amid high-profile fraud investigations are narrowing their sense of safety and belonging
When the ICE team arrived in Charlotte mid-Nov, Mrs M was worried. She had been living in this fastgrowing city in North Carolina for decades. Mrs M, from south Asia, had long become a naturalised American.
Her schoolgoing children had been born in the US — they were American by birth. Mrs M was worried nonetheless.
“I sent my children photos of their birth certificates and passports in case they get pulled over by ICE!




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