India, Jan. 15 -- Indian professionals and Indian-owned businesses in the United States are facing a growing wave of hostility following major changes to the country's skilled-worker visa system. A report by Financial Times, Experts say recent revisions to the H-1B visa programme have intensified online hate, workplace suspicion, and targeted harassment, especially against Indian Americans working in technology, healthcare, and corporate leadership roles.

The rise in hostility follows policy changes introduced by the Trump administration in September, which reshaped how skilled migrants qualify for US work visas.

Under the revised framework, the US government sharply increased the H-1B application fee to $100,000 and replaced the lotter...