Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu urges Indian IT professionals in US to come back

Zoho Founder Sridhar Vembu on Friday urged Indian IT professionals in the US to return to India after the Trump administration suspended IT firms from the green card programme and said many face uncertainty after contributing to Americas technological developmentIndians have made a major contribution to Americas technological prowess Yet a big part of America no longer wants us he said in a post on XNoting the crackdown on H1B visa in the US Vembu said many professionals who have built their life with hard work now have to reconsider their futureIndians who are on a visa in the US face the painful prospect of uprooting the life you have built with hard work he addedCalls to strengthen Indian technology sectorHe called the professionals to channelise their efforts in helping India growLet this be the birth pains of a bold new future Come back lets build India he saidIndians have made a major contribution to Americas technological prowess Yet a big part of America no longer wants us Indians who are on a visa in the US face the painful prospect of uprooting the life you have built with hard work Let this be the birth pains of a bold new future Come back lets build India mdash Sridhar Vembu svembu October 9 2026Vembus remarks came after the US suspended eight IT firms including TCS Infosys Wipro Cognizant and Microsoft from PERM to apply for green cards for foreign workers It contended that the practice has shut out Americans from the job marketThe Permanent Labour Certification programme commonly known as PERM is a key step for many employers seeking employmentbased permanent residence for foreign workersUS suspends PERM for IT firmsThe Trump administration on Thursday announced the suspension of a key employmentbased green card process for eight major technology and outsourcing companies including Indias Infosys Tata Wipro and HCL as VicePresident JD Vance announced a sweeping crackdown on alleged visa fraudThe action also covers Cognizant Capgemini Microsoft and Adobe It prevents the companies from filing new permanent labour certification applications and halts the processing of pending applications under the programmeUS Labour Secretary Keith Sonderling announced the decision at a press conference led by Vance saying the action followed ongoing criminal and federal investigationsI am hereby suspending from the Permanent Labour Certification Programme some of the largest IT outsourcing firms in the world Cognizant Infosys Tata TCS Wipro HCL and Capgemini Labour Secretary Keith Sonderling said adding the Department of Labour is also suspending Microsoft and Adobe from the programme due to multiple active federal investigationsSonderling said the companies named in the action had collectively requested nearly three million foreign workers since 2009 According to figures he presented they had received more than 23 lakh H1B visa approvals and over 1 lakh permanent labour certificationsVance accused employers of using the H1B programme to replace American workers with lowerpaid foreign employeesThe H1B visa program is meant to allow companies to bring in really the best of the best from outside the United States of America for positions that are completely impossible to fill with American workers he said