India would very much like the USD remittances that these people usually send to folks back home in India. India has been riding on foreign inflow of money for quite sometime. I don't know the share of remittances from the US vs. other countries (like the Middle Eastern Gulf countries), but the lack of more remittances over time from the US may not hurt India much, but losing it wouldn't be nice either.
Remittance from the US to India make up about 0.02% of the total GDP. UAE is at the top with $13.8 billion, US at second place with $11.7 billion, Saudi at third with $11.2 billion.
