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I'm a startup CTO and the H-1B Visa helped launch my career. It's not perfect — but there are a lot of misconceptions about it.

Startup CTO Arun Prasad Jaganathan has been in the US for almost 14 years, mainly on an H-1B Visa. He said the application process isn't easy and companies don't sponsor applicants to fill spaces. The ...
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H-1 B visa blamed as Walmart lays off 1,500, MAGA links it to Indian-origin CTO

Walmart's decision to lay off over 1,500 employees has made MAGA supporters claim that the company was replacing American employees with foreign workers on H-1B visas. Their reaction was largely ...
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I'm a startup CTO and the H-1B Visa helped launch my career. It's not perfect — but there are a lot of misconceptions about it.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation withArun Prasad Jaganathan, CTO of workforce platform Jugl. He is from Coimbatore, India, and now lives in Prosper, Texas. His identity, work ...