The rumblings I've heard is that the administration is dragging its feet almost anywhere they can, wrt immigration.
It's not just H1Bs from India, but nearly all visas from all countries. Events that are supposed to take place in 6 weeks are at 6 months, and it doesn't seem to be documented or reported anywhere.
I've only heard about it through some friends going through it or otherwise involved in the processes.
It’s probably pretty difficult to square their anti immigration stance with their claim of being business friendly if you consider that most businesses love cheap immigrants. Hard to shape this into a coherent policy.
Immigrants are not necessarily cheap. H1B problems do bind some employees to their employers removing their leverage. I'm an immigrant, I can tell you I do not come cheap.
As mentioned, US immigration resources are being consumed by dealing with the flood of illegal immigrants at the southern border. Persons are being re-tasked to handle the asylum-claim processing and dealing with all of the unaccompanied minors.
It's not just H1Bs from India, but nearly all visas from all countries. Events that are supposed to take place in 6 weeks are at 6 months, and it doesn't seem to be documented or reported anywhere. I've only heard about it through some friends going through it or otherwise involved in the processes.