New Delhi, Sept. 20 -- Former Indian diplomat Veena Sikri has expressed concerns over US President Trump's recent Executive Order to raise the fee for H-1B visa sponsorships to $100,000.

Sikri, while talking to ANI, stated that the decision was a big blow, especially to tech companies akin to Google, Microsoft, etc, as they mostly hire Indian workers. Sikri added that the decision appears to be an attempt by Trump to appease his "Make America Great Again" (MAGA) base.

"But I think that, judging from the reaction, both within India and in America, from companies like Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta, all of them that employ the largest number of H1B visa-holding workers, they are worried because they think that there will be a big prob...