Trump's first 100 days: trade conversations, budget cuts, deportations and extradition - 5 daring US movements affecting India | Today news

Trump’s first 100 days: Premier Narendra Modi was one of the first world leaders to visit the White House in the second Donald Trump administration in February. US Vice President JD Vvce’s recent India journey further built on the momentum of the Modi-Trump meeting. Vance, who was mainly on a private journey to India, along with his wife of Indian origin, Ushha Vance, said on April 22 that the United States did not intend to preach things, but as a partner with India and looked forward to strengthen the relationship. Vance said earlier US governments regarded India as a source of low-cost labor. “Now I believe that our nations have a lot to offer each other, which is why we as partners are coming to you to strengthen our relationship,” Vvce said during an event in Rajasthan’s Jaipur, on April 22. Vance met a day before with PM Modi. Trump’s return to White House President Trump has been an indication of 100 days since his return to the White House in January. For the past three months he has announced Bold. order. Unprecedented rates on several countries, including India. On April 9, 2025, however, President Trump announced a 90 -day break over July 9 this year over a large part of his reciprocal tariff policy. While rates are now suspended, India is working on a bilateral trade transaction with India. ‘Because the country is going to earn a fortune. Look, that’s what China did to us. They ask us 100%. If you look at India India 100-150%. If you look at Brazil, when you look at many countries, they say-that’s how they survive. That’s how they got rich, ‘Trump said in the recent interview. Last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and US Vice President JD Vance, made the ‘significant’ progress with trade talks between the two parties. A statement from Modi’s office, after the Prime Minister of Vance met in New Delhi, said the two leaders welcomed the significant progress in negotiating for a mutually beneficial India-American bilateral trade agreement. US Treasury Secretary Scott Besent said on April 28 that many of America’s most important trading partners have made ‘very good’ offers to avoid new US rates. He added that one of the first trade agreements could probably be signed with India. 2- Deportation India was one of the countries affected by Donald Trump’s oppression of illegal immigrants. The footage of more than 100 Indian illegal immigrants deported from the United States into a military aircraft in the handcuffs and leg restrictions in February caused an uproar in parliament during the budget session, which asked questions about treatment. The second leg of the budget session that started on March 10 ends on April 4th. Illegal Indians were also deported earlier, but the treatment visible in the viral video is what caused the row this time. Last month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi-Lied Union government told Parliament that 295 more Indian immigrants who were arrested could soon be deported to the country. However, the government received no information from the Donald Trump administration on the total number of illegal immigrants with Indian passports in the United States. 3- H-1B Visa Rules Trump Administration recently announced in the policy granted H-1B Visa, one of the most popular work permits for foreign professionals aimed at working in the United States. The visa enables skilled workers to ensure work in technology, engineering, healthcare and finance. However, due to the great demand, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) implemented strict suitability criteria and a lottery system to manage applications. Trump government has the efforts to ensure that US workers take precedence in jobs, especially with regard to the H-1B Visa program. The Equal Employment Equity (EEOC) Commission has strengthened its enforcement against discrimination of national origin, and specifically targets on employers who illegally prioritize foreign workers on H-1B visas over US employees. Indian citizens were historically significant beneficiaries of the H-1B Visa program. In 2023, 72 percent of the H1-B visas were granted to Indians. However, according to media reports, the real consequences for Indian engineers and technology specialists can be less severe than many people expect. 4- USAID budget cuts the US Administration’s January 20, 2025, Executive Order Aims to Halt Foreign Aid, Significantly Impacting Us Agency for International Development (USAID) – supported programs in India on 10 March 2025, the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a Post on X Platform Announced That The US Government is officially cancelling 83 per cent of the programs of usaid or about 5,200 contracts that spent billions of dollars in ways that did not serve, and in some cases, the core national interests of the United States. “In light of the recent USAID funding reports in India, the Foreign Ministry has formally asked the US embassy to provide urgent details on the expenses incurred to all USAID-supported / funded projects in India,” the government said in a reply in Parliament during the recently budget session. The USAID has made an important contribution to India’s health, environmental and technological sectors. The biggest impact is expected on health-related programs where USAID funds have long funded research. Other sectors where the impact is likely to be felt in the future include education, gender and climate change. The latest annual report from the Finance Ministry announced that the agency funded seven $ 750 million projects in 2023-24, according to a PTI report in February. Last week, the Donald Trump administration announced the Donald Trump administration the restoration of student visa registrations for thousands of international students, including Indians, in the United States, after a period of sudden and often unexplained terms that left the risk of deportation, reports. This reversal of student visas for international scientists was unveiled during a federal hearing in Boston, where the Justice Department of Justice informed the court that US immigration and customs handling (ICE) would reinstate the legal status of affected students and will now develop a new policy framework for future visa record. The controversy began when Ice, which maintained the student and the detection of visitor information systems (Sevis) about 1.1 million foreign students, ended the records of more than 4,700 students since January 2025. But in the US, several Indian students re -established their statuses in the last 48 hours last week. The relief has come amid a nationwide oppression over ‘illegal immigrants’, which has seen F-1 visa holders be targeted and federal cuts of financing on campuses. Indians consist of the largest group of international students in the US in 2023-24, according to data from open doors. Of the 11.26 Lakh International student, 3.31 Lakh of India (29 percent of the total) was followed by 2.77 Lakh of China. The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) announced that about 50 percent of the 327 international students, whose US visas were revoked, were Indians. This is besides the constant confrontation between the Trump administration and prominent research universities in the US. The leading research agencies for research financing, including the National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institute of Health (NIH), have also reduced their grants, reflecting the new financial priorities of the Trump administration. 5- TahwAww Rana Stretching A Delhi court on April 28 accused the national investigative agency’s 26/11 oversight with 12 days. Rana, who was recently exposed from the United States (US), was produced on Monday before a special Nia court in Delhi. India has been trying to extradite Rana for many years for its association with terrorist organizations and its active involvement in the Mumbai attacks. Rana has exhausted all his legal options available for such topics in the US and is in India to face the law. At a joint press conference with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the White House in February, US President Donald Trump announced that his administration had approved the extradition of ‘many evil people of the world’ Rana ‘to get justice in India.