On April 9, his clock started ticking. That was the day his 60-day grace period began, the narrow window the US immigration system allows after a job loss. Sixty days to find a new employer, file fresh paperwork, and hold together a life that had taken nearly a decade to build. “I don’t think in months anymore,” the 30-year-old tech professional told The Indian Express. “I just count how many days are left.” Until recently, his life followed a familiar arc: he arrived from India on an F-1 visa in 2018, completed his Master’s in Computer Science in 2020, secured an H-1B visa in 2021 after being picked in the third lottery draw, and settled into a career building enterprise software, microservices, cloud systems — the kind of infrastructure that quietly powers industries like healthcare and finance. By 2024, he had begun the green card process. The paperwork was underway. The future, while distant, felt structured.…