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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: 0.216s | source
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bhouston ◴[20 Sep 25 01:12 UTC] No.45308820[source]▶
This is actually smart. Many H1B visas are used to undermine fair labor wages for already local talent. We should ensure that H1B visas are for actual unique talent and not just to undercut local wages.

H1B is ripe with abuse - this article by Bloomberg says that half of all H1-B visas are used by Indian staffing firms that pay significantly lower than the US laborers they are replacing:

- https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-h1b-visa-middlemen-c...

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1. freetime2 ◴[20 Sep 25 01:45 UTC] No.45309231[source]▶
I believe that the United States has long benefited from being able to attract talented people from other countries. They pay taxes, they participate in the economy, and they make the US more innovative and competitive in the world.

If there are abuses, then let’s fix them. But this is too heavy handed, and may have an impact on US competitiveness for generations to come.