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

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1245 points mriguy | 2 comments | 19 Sep 25 19:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.436s | source
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breadwinner ◴[19 Sep 25 20:15 UTC] No.45306017[source]▶
$25K annual fee per H1B worker as opposed to $100K one-time would have made more sense. It would have made even more sense to have employers compete (within their own sector, such as tech, aerospace, etc.) such that whoever offers the highest salary will get the H1B worker.
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1. kelnos ◴[19 Sep 25 23:01 UTC] No.45307798[source]▶
This isn't about what makes sense. This is about finding a punchy number that sounds big and makes Trump's base happy. "$100k fee (that covers 3/6 years)" sounds more impressive than "$33k per year" or "$17k per year", so that's what they went with.

Ultimately this isn't going to do anything to reform the H-1B program; this is just trump "doing something", which he'll claim as a success (and his base will eat up), even if it does nothing or makes things worse.

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2. newfriend ◴[20 Sep 25 02:33 UTC] No.45309700[source]▶
It's 100k per person per year. And I am ecstatic.