According to Hindustan Times on September 21, many American internet users are flooding major ticket booking websites to maliciously reserve flights, preventing Indian employees working in the US from purchasing tickets to return. The report states that after the US government announced that H1B visa applicants must pay an annual fee of $100,000 to enter the country, a large number of Indian employees holding this visa are rushing back to the US to retain their visas and avoid the application fee. Subsequently, some American internet users are calling on others to book flights from India to the US.
According to platform rules, even if the booker does not pay for the ticket, the seat is reserved for 15 minutes. These American internet users believe that if enough people book simultaneously, keeping seats locked, it will prevent Indian employees from purchasing tickets to return, causing them to lose their visas and jobs.The action was initially launched by a group of users on the American 4chan forum, who complained that the US H1B visa program allows foreigners to enter the country in large numbers, taking job opportunities that should belong to Americans. Since many Indians hold such visas, these American internet users share ticket hoarding tips online, encouraging more people to lock as many flight seats as possible.
One American internet user responding to the action claimed they used various tools to occupy 100 seats for an extended period. Other participants provided screenshots showing that, with active participation from American internet users, the price of flights from India to the US continues to rise.India Today reported on September 21 that this move by American internet users targets Indians, who make up the largest group of H1B visa holders, and condemned it for disrupting Indian travel.
Notably, White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt clarified on X that those already holding H1B visas and currently abroad will not be charged the $100,000 reentry fee. However, companies like Amazon, Microsoft, and JPMorgan Chase have instructed their H1B visa-holding employees to stay in the US or return immediately.
Honestly, Americans are pretty malicious to come up with such a way to target Indians. At the national level, India has served as a watchdog for the US for 11 years, countering China, and as a result, faced a Chinese ban on rare earths and other industrial goods. Modi personally visited Tianjin to kiss Xi Jinping’s ass, only then regaining supply. Doesn’t a watchdog deserve some food? Not only did Trump give India no benefits, but he also imposed a 50% tariff on India and publicly claimed India lost seven fighter jets to Pakistan.
Even if India were your household dog, doesn’t such treatment of a pet violate the law? You Americans mock Chinese people online for eating dog meat, when in reality, that’s just a hobby of a tiny minority of Chinese. Most Chinese treat their dogs like family, their only duty being to provide emotional value to their owners. But look at how you treat India. Aren’t you ashamed?At the same time, I remind Canadians who have a phobia of Indian immigrants: look at how Americans deal with Indians, and you’ll understand why the US became a superpower. Despite India’s significant contributions to the US, America offers no rewards, only repeatedly beating it with a stick.
This is indeed somewhat shameless, but it works. Meanwhile, Indians are frantically buying iPhone 17, their love for the US undiminished. Yes, some dogs suffer from Stockholm syndrome: the more you beat them with a stick, the more loyal they become. No intention to demean Indians, just stating facts. For example, I once shared a video clip of an Indian intruding into a Jewish religious ceremony, kneeling devoutly to express support, only to be beaten. Israeli discrimination against Indians is deeply ingrained.
Yet this doesn’t stop Indians from marching multiple times in support of Israel.Now, moving past the joking phase, let’s rationally analyze whether American hatred toward Indians is justified. First, I’ll say it again: North America originally belonged to indigenous peoples, stolen by white people. You may not welcome Indians, but you really have no right to drive them back home. That’s too much. Only Native Americans have the right to say, “Go back to your country!” They could say the same to white people.For a long time, you’ve portrayed India as the world’s largest democratic model and a future superpower. Now that this superpower is sending people to take over Silicon Valley, it’s an honor for the US.
Why aren’t you grateful instead of retaliating against Indians? Just because they took your job opportunities? For decades, you’ve said China will collapse and India will rise. So, Indians not only want their own country to rise but also aim to help make America great again, contributing to MAGA. Is that wrong?Suppose all Indians were driven out of the US. Would you get your jobs back? For high-tech jobs like programming or engineering, do you think rednecks who need a calculator for addition and subtraction within 200 can handle it? How can you compete with Asians? For blue-collar jobs, manual labor like plumbing, electrical work, or screwing bolts on a production line, can you outcompete Latinos?
Your jobs weren’t stolen by Indians; you abandoned them. If you had studied math, physics, and chemistry diligently from elementary school and were willing to screw bolts on a production line as adults, no one could take your jobs. It’s like how you constantly blame Chinese people 10,000 kilometers away for stealing your job opportunities. Chinese workers screw bolts on a production line for 10 hours a day, with two days off a month, earning only $600. Can you do that?Also, I remind Indians who think they’re on the same side as Americans: look at how Americans describe you. In the Western world, your country is often associated with feces and toilets. Have you ever wondered why?
If you don’t build your own country well, no matter where you immigrate, you’ll be discriminated against by locals. If you’re truly so excellent, why haven’t you built your homeland well? If you’re not excellent enough, why go to the US to take their job opportunities?To Indians who always call me racist, let me ask: I suggest you build your homeland well to avoid being mocked by other countries. Isn’t that goodwill? Can’t you accept my goodwill just because I state facts? Is stating facts an insult and discrimination against you?