00:00what does the American dream look like for many it's not a place but a path and for decades the
00:18h1b visa has been the key that unlocks that promise for the world's brightest minds picture
00:26this a young man from India arrives with a master's degree a head full of ideas and an h1b visa years
00:35later he's heading Google one of the most influential companies on earth that's the
00:41story of Sunda Pichai and he's not alone this is the story of the giants who helped build the
00:48America we know today the list reads like a who's who of modern business there's Satya Nadella of
01:02Microsoft who came to the US and spearheaded a reinvention that made the company a dominant
01:09force in cloud computing Shantanu Nareen of Adobe who transformed how the world creates
01:16and communicates there's Indra Nooyi the former CEO of PepsiCo a trailblazer who shattered glass
01:24ceilings and globalized a brand and Eric Yuan the founder of zoom whose company became the lifeline
01:31of a world turned upside down even the most celebrated names have a connection Elon Musk while his own
01:39story is unique his companies like Tesla and SpaceX are powered by thousands of h1b visa
01:46holders the story goes even further even Melania Trump used an h1b visa on her part to becoming
01:54first lady a testament to how this program has touched every part of American life from tech to fashion
02:02a new era has begun the Trump administration is ushering in what they call project firewall a policy
02:21designed to put American workers first the most dramatic change a proposed h1b visa fee of a hundred
02:29thousand dollars for every new application this is no longer just a debate about immigration it's a
02:41fundamental choice about America's identity is the future of American innovation a closed-off fortress
02:48or an open door for global talent will the high cost of entry cut off the very lifeblood that helped
02:56create America's tech story and without the next Satya Nathela or Sundar Pichai what will that story
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