US lawmaker who fought to end H-1B to resign amid Trump feud

Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who proposed a bill to end the H-1B visa programme, has announced she would resign as a lawmaker in January. The announcement by Greene, previously an ardent Donald Trump supporter, comes amid her public clashes with the US President. The clashes intensified even as the two diverged on the H-1B programme, which is used by American companies to hire foreign talent. Indians are especially the biggest beneficiaries of the H-1B temporary work visa programme.

Marjorie Taylor Greene announced that she would be resigning from her seat in the House of Representatives, cutting short her third term just days after a public feud with US President Donald Trump. Her announcement came on Friday (US time).

Green has been a longtime Trump supporter and is also considered one of the prominent voices of MAGA leaders. Greene has consistently backed Trump on issues ranging from the January 6 riots and his 2024 campaign to his immigration policies.

However, last week, Trump announced he was withdrawing his endorsement of Greene and called her a "lunatic", which was just a day after she said she was introducing a bill to end the H-1B programme.

Indians, especially tech professionals, reportedly get around 70% of the H-1B visas annually.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene proposed the bill just two days after Trump defended the H-1B visa programme, whose majority of beneficiaries are Indians, saying the US needed to bring in talent from abroad to address a shortage of domestic workers for available jobs.

Many political experts suggest that by introducing the bill, she tried to define "America First" without Trump.