Vacationing in India, engineer Amrutha Tamanam rushed to return to the United States after U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly announced a $100,000 fee for the visa she holds.
As she scrambled to get back to the country she's called home for a decade, racially motivated far-right trolls launched coordinated efforts to disrupt flight bookings from India, calling their campaign "clog the toilet."
The White House would later clarify that the new H-1B fee was a one-time payment not applicable to current holders. But leading U.S. companies had already advised their employees abroad to swiftly return to avoid the fee or risk being stranded overseas.
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