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Secretary of State Marco Rubio dismissed India's objections to sweeping US visa restrictions during a tense May 2026 meeting with Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar, insisting the Trump administration's immigration overhaul — including a $100,000 H-1B fee and consular processing backlogs pushed to 2027 — is "not targeted at India." With nearly 400,000 Indian nationals trapped in a green card backlog, $20 billion in defense trade on the line, and economists estimating H-1B workers contribute $456 billion to GDP over a decade, the dispute tests the limits of a bilateral relationship both sides call indispensable.