The case has fanned fears that Americans and other Westerners — especially those of Pakistani descent — are traveling to Pakistan to join up with al-Qaida and other militant groups. It comes on the heels of charges against a Chicago man of Pakistani origin who is accused of surveying targets for the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India.
It will make the life of Pakistanis in US much harder. Already Pakistanis are the ones whose visas are getting rejected, same would happen in US. Pakistanis would be treated with suspicion at airport, security checks etc. Similar thing has happened in Italy where they arrested Pakistanis for alleged Mumbai attacks.