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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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ChicagoDave ◴[19 Sep 25 21:29 UTC] No.45306865[source]▶
This will only drive jobs offshore and reduce the H1B population. It doesn’t solve any problems.

This is literally the dumbest administration this country has ever seen. Between tariffs and immigration and now this, it’s like they don’t even know what the consequences of their actions are.

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TMWNN ◴[19 Sep 25 22:08 UTC] No.45307303[source]▶
>This will only drive jobs offshore

This was true before and after today.

Put another way, if all the H-1B jobs really can be offshored quickly and easily the way so many Indians and anti-Trump people here and elsewhere confidently predict, *that would have happened already*.

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donkeybeer ◴[20 Sep 25 03:57 UTC] No.45310215[source]▶
Are trumpers/those who like trumps policies really this stupid, even those on tech forums? You seem to have immense difficulty understanding that previously it didn't have this artificial cost of 100k. Previously they had a smoother path with h1bs, now that it has been made artificially difficult onshoring is much more attractive.
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1. krmboya ◴[20 Sep 25 05:27 UTC] No.45310654{3}[source]▶
The H1B path has always been harder than hiring remotely/offshoring
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2. donkeybeer ◴[20 Sep 25 05:59 UTC] No.45310822[source]▶
And now making it even harder will encourage more of the latter. Which of course you can try tariffing.
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3. N2yhWNXQN3k9 ◴[20 Sep 25 06:04 UTC] No.45310840[source]▶
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/excisetax.asp

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/tariff.asp