"As a former consular officer, I must point out that Ms. Rampell is ill informed. There are two broad classifications of U.S. visas: immigrant and non-immigrant. Immigrant visa do confer legal immigrant status. Non-immigrant visas, as the name suggests, do not. They allow a person to enter the U.S. for a specific time and purpose.
H-1B are non-immigrant visas. Keerthi Ranjith, who is highlighted in the story, did not have an H1-B; she had an H4 visa, a visa for "dependent spouses of H-1B nonimmigrants" (see https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/tempor... Obviously, Ms Rampell did not do her due diligence. H1-B visa confer the right to enter the U.S. for a specific purpose (temporary employment for a specific employer) , but do not guarantee a permanent right to reside in the U.S. The U.S. Government made no such promise (even if her husband's employer made such a promise)."
In short, not an immigrant, did not have an immigrant visa.
So once again Washington Post tortures headlines (and indeed facts).