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

Won’t this mean that companies will move jobs to India, China or even Canada?

Why did they not do that before, if it was feasible?

It didn’t save them 100k/worker per year at the time. That is a lot of motivation.

Hiring non-H1B visa workers would also save them 100k/worker.

If you believe the reason the program was started, the US doesn’t have enough workers in those fields.

I don't believe it... I think companies just aren't hiring people (or maybe they aren't offering enough pay), not that qualified domestic candidates don't exist. But I could be wrong.

Having interviewed hundreds of software engineers, I’m not convinced that the talent is out there but just hiding. Nor do I believe talent is fungible.

Pulling in smart people from all over the world is good for America.

I’m sure there are US citizens who would have been better candidates if we had a better education system or grew talent. Maybe this will encourage that, but it’s going to take a long time.