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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: 0s | source
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cogman10 ◴[19 Sep 25 20:25 UTC] No.45306123[source]▶
IMO, the fee is the wrong thing that needs adjusting. It's the salary that should be adjusted. The minimum salary for an H1B should be $200k. It's something like 50k right now which is ridiculous especially with all the restrictions an applicant is under. It both suppresses wages and abuses the worker.
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nine_k ◴[19 Sep 25 20:34 UTC] No.45306221[source]▶
Can every industry pay $200k? I bet software, AI, or finance would be okay paying $200k, while e.g. hardware, aerospace, or biotech would have a harder time.

The idea of requiring a high salary is reasonable, but I'd make it rather e.g. 120% of the median salary in a particular industry.

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wahnfrieden ◴[19 Sep 25 20:37 UTC] No.45306260[source]▶
If they can pay a $100k fee, they can pay a similarly higher wage instead
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abirch ◴[19 Sep 25 20:39 UTC] No.45306287[source]▶
This makes sense if H1-Bs are about lack of talent instead of cheap labor.
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1. wahnfrieden ◴[20 Sep 25 03:09 UTC] No.45309933[source]▶
That's what they're supposed to be about. OP proposed a way to put that into practice. Of course it is abused for cheap labor