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

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1245 points mriguy | 3 comments | 19 Sep 25 19:59 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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archeantus ◴[20 Sep 25 01:24 UTC] No.45308950[source]▶
If you want a good job in tech, go look at Walmart’s job board in the coming weeks. They literally have thousands of Indians doing all kinds of jobs that could easily be done by Americans. I liked my time there, and there’s lots of great people, but it felt very clear that the system was being abused.
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zahlman ◴[20 Sep 25 01:31 UTC] No.45309039[source]▶
I have to say, when one thinks of jobs available at Walmart, tech doesn't exactly come to mind first.
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ProllyInfamous ◴[20 Sep 25 01:36 UTC] No.45309105[source]▶
As of 2025, Wal-Mart's main corporate structure has ~2500 H-1B Visa Holders, $141k median, which allegedly no citizens can fulfill.

https://h1bdata.info/index.php?em=wal-mart+associates+inc&jo...

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archeantus ◴[20 Sep 25 01:45 UTC] No.45309238[source]▶
Maybe it’s true they can’t find citizens:

- at that price - in the Bay Area

But certainly they don’t have grounds to say they can’t find citizens to write JS or make apps.

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1. cmckn ◴[20 Sep 25 01:51 UTC] No.45309312{3}[source]▶
My understanding is the vast majority of Wal-Mart corporate employees are based in Arkansas.
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2. ProllyInfamous ◴[20 Sep 25 01:57 UTC] No.45309378[source]▶
From my datalink, above, it seems the SFBay (Sunnyvale / Castro Valley / &al) has comparable H-1Bs to Arkansas — but these employees are spread all over The States. Not sure about citizen workforce, but I'd recon' they're similarly proportioned.
3. bayareapsycho ◴[20 Sep 25 12:03 UTC] No.45312596[source]▶
It used to be more spread out with a strong valley presence, but over the past couple years they've been force reloing people to Arkansas. It really started to ramp up at about the time I left