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

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1245 points mriguy | 5 comments | 19 Sep 25 19:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.482s | source
1. technocrat8080 ◴[20 Sep 25 01:45 UTC] No.45309243[source]▶
How are startups supposed to afford this? How are talented H-1B workers supposed to start companies? And no, the answer is not always an O-1. I know plenty of foreign founders contributing meaningfully to the US economy, now slapped with a 100k fee.
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2. fooey ◴[20 Sep 25 01:58 UTC] No.45309387[source]▶
they're not, it's a moat
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3. technocrat8080 ◴[20 Sep 25 02:26 UTC] No.45309651[source]▶
Great, let's punish early stage startups instead of rewarding the successful ones.
4. newfriend ◴[20 Sep 25 06:16 UTC] No.45310907[source]▶
Hire Americans.
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5. N2yhWNXQN3k9 ◴[20 Sep 25 06:21 UTC] No.45310931[source]▶
Ever live somewhere that isn't a city, but has access to talent from a local university? No one is sticking around to be hired for $70k a year when they can make $120k a year in a city. Yet, there are plenty of hires due to a local migrant population, which commonly has generational support. This disrupts that. It hurts more than migrants. It hurts communities.