New Delhi, March 6 -- Spectacular policy reversals in the United States have seized the news. The tariff and Ukraine wars dominate headlines, but those involve selected targets, not including India so far. The more universally targeted cleanout of "illegal aliens" in the US carries a message that is abundantly clear. The US has further suggested that voices in Europe demanding a similar cleanout of their migrants are being wrongfully suppressed.

Although only a few hundred deportees so far have been of Indian origin, there are serious implications for Indian labour market entrants. Nation states across the globe are now squarely responsible for providing jobs and livelihoods for populations within their respective borders.

Migrants with...