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

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1202 points mriguy | 1 comments | 19 Sep 25 19:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | source
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cogman10 ◴[19 Sep 25 20:25 UTC] No.45306123[source]▶
IMO, the fee is the wrong thing that needs adjusting. It's the salary that should be adjusted. The minimum salary for an H1B should be $200k. It's something like 50k right now which is ridiculous especially with all the restrictions an applicant is under. It both suppresses wages and abuses the worker.
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secondcoming ◴[19 Sep 25 20:34 UTC] No.45306228[source]▶
Having a $200k minimum salary will just see outsourcing to Asia / Eastern Europe.
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curt15 ◴[19 Sep 25 20:47 UTC] No.45306367[source]▶
Is there a special tax on income generated by off-shore workers? That would be the software analogue of tariffs on physical imports.
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1. dmix ◴[19 Sep 25 20:52 UTC] No.45306424[source]▶
The opposite, there's a US corporate tax loophole for having operations overseas.

https://thefactcoalition.org/tariffs-manufacturing-tax-break...