Indian IT to see little impact due to Donald Trump ban on H-1B workers in federal contracts

US President Donald Trump’s ban on federal agencies employing H-1B visa holders will have little impact on India’s IT industry, as most software services providers hire local employees to service government customers, according to industry experts.

Paul Herzog, an immigration attorney, tweeted on Tuesday that the order on H-1Bs was a “nonbinding recommendation to agencies to prioritise hiring of Americans when contracting, which they largely do anyways due to the plethora of rules and policies the agencies have to follow.”