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Amid Indian IT firms’ concerns over restrictive US visa policies for their employees, a top American senator has assured that he is working on a bipartisan Bill that will reform immigration laws and allow more Indians to come to America.
Influential US Senator from New York Mr Chuck Schumer and Senate Majority Leader Mr Harry Reid met noted Indian-American hotelier and Chairman of Indian-American Democrats Mr Sant Singh Chatwal at his Manhattan hotel here on Friday.
During the nearly hour-long meeting, the three discussed India-US bilateral relations, with Mr Chatwal raising concerns of Indian IT corporations regarding problems faced by them in obtaining work visas like H1B and L1 for their employees.
Mr Reid and Mr Schumer expressed appreciation for the contribution made by the growing Indian—American community to the American economy, saying concerns regarding the visas are being addressed and taken care of.
“I am working to try and change the immigration laws so more Indians can come (to the US). One of the things that Harry and I care a lot about is changing the visas. So more Indians can come here to travel,” Mr Schumer told PTI after the meeting.
He said while Indians, Chinese, Russians are keen to come to the US, “the visa laws are a little bit too restrictive so we are working on a bipartisan bill. Harry Reid is going to try to help us get it passed very fast.”
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