Anand was an H-1B visa holder. With Anand’s departure, his wife’s H4 status collapsed.

After a major tragedy last year, a mother decided to leave her property in Texas and return to India with her two children. The story of Priya Narayanswami, who visited India this April, emerged in a Bloomberg report on the real estate crisis that is looming over the US, with Indians deciding to leave due to the constant targeting. South Asians have been the driving force behind the rapid construction in many parts of Texas.According to the report, Narayanaswamy and her husband Anand bought their home in Keller in 2023 for $435,000. Keller is a suburb to the west, close to Fort Worth. And although they wanted to live in Frisco, the property price was right in Keller. At that time he had big dreams of settling in America. They were raising their two children as Americans.The report said Anand was on an H-1B visa and often worked 12 to 15-hour days at Citibank through an IT-staffing firm called Iris Software. Narayanaswamy was a human resources expert. In August, she came home and found her husband crying. She was fired from her job, which meant she could lose her visa if she didn’t find another job quickly. Then the family got the biggest shock. About a week later, Anand died by suicide. In his last note he wrote that he fears that he will not be able to compete with AI. Bloomberg reports that it contacted Iris Software and Citigroup, but they did not comment on the incident.Narayanaswamy was in the US on an H4 visa, which is for dependents of H-1B. After Anand left, her visa status was reduced to a six-month visitor visa, and she could no longer work legally. In October, Narayanswamy listed the five-bedroom brick home for $465,000. He reduced the price but no one made an offer. He said the bank has agreed to foreclose on the mortgage, but now the home is possibly going into foreclosure.Narayanaswamy told Bloomberg that when he saw viral videos of the Frisco City Council meeting criticizing Indians, including asking H-1Bs to leave the US and go back to India, he wondered how the economy would fare without Indians.(If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide or self-harm, a global list of helplines is available at blog.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlines/)