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Re:How Indian Americans Came to Run Half of All U.S. Motels by vram22 on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @04:22PM (#17921591)
Wow, cool story. I wonder under what visa or work permit scheme he went there. I had two uncles and an aunt who went to the US and stayed there, but they all went via the traditional grad student then H1-B then green card then citizen route, and were all white collar workers (an engineer turned entrepreneur and two academics), not farmers. Didn't know there were schemes for farmers and such, then or now, for the US, although I think there might be for Canada.
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Re:How Indian Americans Came to Run Half of All U.S. Motels by HeyLaughingBoy on Thursday September 06, 2018 @02:43PM (#17928489)
At least in the late 70's - early 80's, if you could find an employer to "sponsor" you (basically agree to give you a job for a certain amount of time), then you could immigrate with a green card immediately. There was no specific "scheme" for particular occupations: many of the people who did this were low-wage workers doing housekeeping, janitorial work, construction, etc.

I'd assume something similar was already in place during the 60's.

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Re:How Indian Americans Came to Run Half of All U.S. Motels by vram22 on Saturday September 08, 2018 @07:12PM (#17943326)
Interesting, thanks.
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Re:How Indian Americans Came to Run Half of All U.S. Motels by vram22 on Saturday September 08, 2018 @07:11PM (#17943324)
>then H1-B

Sorry, that should be H-1B.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-1B_visa

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