Ashish Chauhan says his ambition is “stamped in his brain” and he plans to pursue an MBA at an American university the following year.
The 29-year-old Indian financial expert, whose name has been changed upon request, says he aspires to work in the US in the future but is currently torn over an immigration dispute that was started by supporters of President-elect Donald Trump over a long-standing US visa program.
Although it is criticized for undercutting American labor, the H-1B visa program, which allows qualified foreign workers to enter the US, is commended for drawing in talent from around the world. Elon Musk, a tech entrepreneur, defends the 34-year-old program as essential to attracting top engineering talent, while the president-elect, who once opposed it, suddenly supports it.
