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

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1245 points mriguy | 6 comments | 19 Sep 25 19:59 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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whatever1 ◴[19 Sep 25 20:46 UTC] No.45306354[source]▶
So, essentially, startups will never be able to hire fresh graduate students again (masters/phd). This means that the best and brightest individuals who have made it to the top US institutions after winning numerous rounds of global talent filtering will be deported.
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1. selimthegrim ◴[19 Sep 25 22:23 UTC] No.45307450[source]▶
I like how the assumption here is that there are no domestic graduate students anymore.
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2. whatever1 ◴[19 Sep 25 23:14 UTC] No.45307917[source]▶
Not none, but very few in the stem fields (less than 40% from my estimates).

Why would you pursue a PhD with a 25k/year stipend when you can just start a near 6-figure job and start paying off your student debt?

Only the ones with financial freedom or commitment to research take the PhD pill. Or when you go through a recession and you want to delay the entry to the job searching market.

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3. superdude12 ◴[20 Sep 25 00:25 UTC] No.45308458[source]▶
This is exactly the problem with the system. If there are tons of foreigners willing to get grad degrees and work for a small salary increase over a bachelor’s, US students are not sufficiently incentivized to do graduate studies.
4. yodsanklai ◴[20 Sep 25 00:33 UTC] No.45308520[source]▶
I'd be curious to know the stats. My personal experience: I interviewed tons of candidates in the past few years for a big tech company, a small fraction are US citizens (at least from what I can tell from their resume).
5. lisbbb ◴[20 Sep 25 01:19 UTC] No.45308911[source]▶
In 1996 I was at a top US university getting a master's and was the only white dude in most of the classes. There was a probability class that could have been taught in Mandarin if it hadn't been for me.
6. narcotraffico1 ◴[20 Sep 25 04:51 UTC] No.45310500[source]▶
My compsci classes were 80% foreigners. Why? I'd guess because they pay full tuition and the schools love the money.