bengaluru, June 8 -- The US's H-1B visa programme is facing its strongest political pushback yet since it was launched well over three decades ago. Since January, at least a dozen Republican lawmakers have backed four bills that seek to restrict, suspend or eventually eliminate the programme. This signals uncertainty for visa holders residing in the US with their families, many of them being Indians, most of whom work at information technology (IT) firms. On June 4, Chip Roy, a Republican lawmaker from Texas, presented a bill that brought seven reforms on use of H-1B visas. As per the current norms, any employee in the US on an H-1B visa can stay up to six years and use that time to apply for permanent residency. This bill proposes to cut t...