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

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1245 points mriguy | 1 comments | 19 Sep 25 19:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.245s | 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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588edbdf ◴[20 Sep 25 01:21 UTC] No.45308932[source]▶
Because H-1B workers had the ability to demand higher compensation via sponsorship and relocation to the US. Employers could say "no we won't sponsor you" but these workers are in demand due to their technical skills and could counter with "then I'll join another company that will".

If you remove the option for sponsorship then these workers will still be working their jobs because they're talented and in demand, they'll just be doing it from their home country instead for lower compensation.

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LPisGood ◴[20 Sep 25 01:28 UTC] No.45309006[source]▶
Clearly companies place a dollar amount on how much they value having people work in country, otherwise they wouldn’t bring people over.

I think this move makes it likely companies will hire more expensive domestic workers.

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1. 588edbdf ◴[20 Sep 25 01:56 UTC] No.45309363[source]▶
That's a misguided assumption that doesn’t hold up in practice because it assumes H-1B workers were "brought over" based on employer need for a domestic worker. The need isn't for a domestic worker, its for a skilled worker and the skilled workers want to work in the US because it yields higher compensation and opportunity.

Many H-1B workers request sponsorship from employers despite having the ability to work from local offices because they have in-demand skills that give the leverage to ask for it knowing that it will result in better opportunities.