Overview

• NYU Tandon’s Instagram account shared footage from its graduation ceremony featuring students announcing offers from Google, Amazon and Apple.
• The celebratory clip drew a wave of xenophobic comments on Instagram and X targeting students’ perceived South Asian or Chinese backgrounds.
• Users accused the graduates of “stealing” American jobs, mocked their accents and urged they be sent back to their home countries.
• Coverage cites USCIS data showing Indian nationals receive about 70% of the 85,000 H-1B visas issued annually.
• No formal response or removal of the post has been reported as the backlash fuels broader skilled-immigration debates.