New Delhi, Sept. 22 -- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor analysed the "assumptions" US President Donald Trump may have made while deciding on implementing the H-1B visa fee hike to $100,000 (about Rs.88 lakh).

The Trump administration increased the fee for H1-B visas last week from thousands to $100,000 in a bid to protect jobs for American workers. Notably, Indians and Chinese nationals dominate the US' H1-B visa programme. Trump's move raised concerns among students who want to study and work in the US - to fulfill their "American dream".

In an exclusive interview with The Wire, Shashi Tharoor said that if Trump wants to deny jobs to Indians and other H-1B holders, and give those jobs to American people, then it "requires America to have an ...