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I am an Indian who worked in US for 6+ years. Got frustrated with the h1b process and the way my employer treated me and left everything behind without even a job lined up in India. The last 1 year consisted of my GC application first stage getting denied, 3 months appeal, get i140, file h1b extension, get RFEd, cannot renew license for 3 months until I get the h1b again. Finally after an year of uncertainty, got my h1b for 3 more years, packed up and left the next month. Even though I didn't have a job in India (didn't even look for one), I was completely in peace, no unending emotional pain with tears in my eyes, no stress, anxiety, no suicidal thoughts. Then one day my previous employer called me back, and I came back, because I cared for the project. 3 months later, homeland security (ICE) raided the office. Showed up suddenly, ordered us to stop everything we are doing, took all of us into a conference room. Wouldn't allow to even go for a bathroom break without them accompanying us. Questioned everyone. They were asking questions like 'are we paid enough, do we have any relatives in the office, am I staying alone or with other colleagues' and so on - the kind of things I see in twitter and other places where the anti h1b folks talk about us - that we all stay together because we don't get paid enough or nepotism and so on. The funny thing is even when I came back, I had no intention of staying in US for more than 3 years. I told the officers we are having a baby due in 2 months, and they are in India, hoping they would understand that I am there only for work, and has no intention to settle down. We didn't want the baby to be born in US and become a US citizen. I look forward to an India were we won't have to rely on foreigners any more. |