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Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says

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1233 points mriguy | 8 comments | 19 Sep 25 19:59 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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Bayko ◴[19 Sep 25 20:18 UTC] No.45306055[source]▶
So now just outsource to those countries instead??
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1. breadwinner ◴[19 Sep 25 20:21 UTC] No.45306078[source]▶
This is good news for China: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3318178/tale...
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2. nextworddev ◴[19 Sep 25 20:26 UTC] No.45306131[source]▶
Lol, you really think the h1bs will go to China to work 996?
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3. snake_doc ◴[19 Sep 25 20:30 UTC] No.45306172[source]▶
SCMP is owned by Alibaba, which is subject to the purview of the Chinese Central Government [1].

[1]: https://www.cecc.gov/agencies-responsible-for-censorship-in-...

4. breadwinner ◴[19 Sep 25 20:32 UTC] No.45306197[source]▶
No, Chinese will stay home instead of immigrating to the US.

China draws mainly on the talents of the best of its billion+ population. But America has had its pick of the best of the world's 8 billion people. If people stop immigrating to the US, then we will surely fall behind technologically, economically and militarily, and soon we will be making t-shirts for Chinese for $5 an hour.

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5. nextworddev ◴[19 Sep 25 20:36 UTC] No.45306247{3}[source]▶
For big tech 100k isn’t too much of a hit to hire the best AI researchers of Chinese descent, so they won’t be impacted.
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6. breadwinner ◴[19 Sep 25 20:38 UTC] No.45306270{4}[source]▶
It will be too much if the worker leaves after a month, or gets hit by a truck.
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7. mrguyorama ◴[19 Sep 25 21:34 UTC] No.45306923{5}[source]▶
If an H1B worker "leaves after a month" they get deported. Meanwhile, nothing in the world can prevent the Bus Factor so I don't see how that's even relevant.
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8. nextworddev ◴[19 Sep 25 21:51 UTC] No.45307117{6}[source]▶
don't respond to him, it's just a LLM posting pro-China stuff on HN