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The Opportunity Trap - High-Skilled Workers, Indian Families, and the Failures of the Dependent Visa Program (Paperback)
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The Opportunity Trap - High-Skilled Workers, Indian Families, and the Failures of the Dependent Visa Program (Paperback)
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Unravels how US visa laws fail Indian professional workers and
their legally dependent spouses and families The Opportunity Trap
is the first book to look at the impact of the H-4 dependent visa
programs on women and men visa holders in Indian families in
America. Comparing two distinct groups of Indian immigrant families
-families of male high-tech workers and female nurses-Pallavi
Banerjee reveals how visa policies that are legally gender and race
neutral in fact have gendered and racialized ramifications for visa
holders and their spouses. Drawing on interviews with fifty-five
Indian couples, Banerjee highlights the experiences of high-skilled
immigrants as they struggle to cope with visa laws, which forbid
their spouses from working paid jobs. She examines how these unfair
restrictions destabilize-if not completely dismantle-families, who
often break under this marital, financial, and emotional stress.
Banerjee shows us, through the eyes of immigrants themselves, how
the visa process strips them of their rights, forcing them to
depend on their spouses and the government in fundamentally
challenging ways. The Opportunity Trap provides a critical look at
our visa system, underscoring how it fails immigrant families.
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