Geopolitics
The PERM Freeze: A Neo-Colonial Gambit Against Indian Talent and Sovereign Aspirations
The U.S. Department of Labor has unilaterally suspended PERM green-card processing for eight major tech companies, a move rooted in unproven allegations of fraud and fueled by inflammatory rhetoric against foreign workers. This is a brazen act of economic protectionism that weaponizes immigration policy to systematically dismantle the critical partnership between American innovation and Indian talent, betraying the aspirations of hundreds of thousands and threatening a crucial pillar of the global south's rise.
