US Ambassador Gor: Immigration Reforms Not Targeting
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- Sergio Gor told IANS that U.S. immigration reforms are "not targeted at India," framing the overhaul as a system-wide reset rather than country-specific action, and pointed to the U.S. Embassy in India as "one of the busiest embassies in the world" for visa operations.
- Gor said PM Modi and Trump share "hundred per cent" agreement on opposing illegal immigration, citing Modi's own public statements against illegal migrants in India.
- India exports more goods to the United States than to any other country in the world and conducts more defence exercises with Washington than any other partner, Gor said, characterising the relationship as one with "incredible things happening."
- India has already seen an "incredible increase" in energy purchases from the U.S., Gor said, arguing that diversification is strategically essential given Iran's shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz and its impact on global supply.
- Gor described Trump's immigration push as fixing borders that were "wide open" under previous administrations, a framing designed to pre-emptively neutralise Indian anxiety over H-1B and enforcement concerns.
- A related piece linked in the article notes that Modi and Trump exchanged pleasantries "for the first time in 16 months," suggesting a tentative thaw after a prolonged public silence between the two leaders.
Why it matters: With India supplying the largest pool of H-1B holders, students, and skilled migrants to the U.S., any enforcement crackdown carries outsized political optics in New Delhi — Gor's explicit denial of an India-specific targeting is calibrated to protect the trade and defence partnership he simultaneously touted as broader than any other U.S. relationship.
