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

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1245 points mriguy | 3 comments | 19 Sep 25 19:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.007s | 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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rs186 ◴[19 Sep 25 20:45 UTC] No.45306340[source]▶
The nurse that helped save your life at ER might be on H1B getting paid $80k a year.
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aaronnw2 ◴[19 Sep 25 21:03 UTC] No.45306558[source]▶
Maybe more talented Americans would become nurses if the pay met the demand.
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1. rs186 ◴[19 Sep 25 21:08 UTC] No.45306629[source]▶
We know that's not going to happen.

What now?

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2. aianus ◴[19 Sep 25 21:20 UTC] No.45306760[source]▶
They pay $150k for a foreign nurse and attract the best foreign nurses instead of the cheapest.
3. seanmcdirmid ◴[19 Sep 25 21:54 UTC] No.45307155[source]▶
Eventually robots. Seriously, automation can eventually do a lot to make each nurse way more productive than they are.