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

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1233 points mriguy | 1 comments | 19 Sep 25 19:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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osnium123 ◴[20 Sep 25 01:05 UTC] No.45308760[source]▶
Won’t this mean that companies will move jobs to India, China or even Canada?
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LPisGood ◴[20 Sep 25 01:07 UTC] No.45308777[source]▶
Why did they not do that before, if it was feasible?
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Aeolun ◴[20 Sep 25 01:09 UTC] No.45308797[source]▶
It didn’t save them 100k/worker per year at the time. That is a lot of motivation.
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LPisGood ◴[20 Sep 25 01:11 UTC] No.45308813[source]▶
Hiring non-H1B visa workers would also save them 100k/worker.
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LeoPanthera ◴[20 Sep 25 01:16 UTC] No.45308872[source]▶
H1B hires are already expensive. Most large tech companies spend quite a lot on legal services.

The assumption that a lot of people make, apparently including Trump, is that companies are hiring H1B for no good reason. Or maybe because they think it's cheaper? It's not. In virtually all cases, H1B hires are because there simply aren't any suitable American applicants with the necessary skills.

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1. jen20 ◴[20 Sep 25 01:42 UTC] No.45309185[source]▶
In my experience it is actually largely because H1B holders are locked in to their employers, so the balance of power is incredibly favorable for employers.

There are plenty of American citizens and permanent residents with the necessary skills, just not the willingness to put up with bullshit from B-tier employers.