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

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1311 points mriguy | 1 comments | 19 Sep 25 19:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | 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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Aeolun ◴[20 Sep 25 01:09 UTC] No.45308797[source]▶
It didn’t save them 100k/worker per year at the time. That is a lot of motivation.
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LPisGood ◴[20 Sep 25 01:11 UTC] No.45308813[source]▶
Hiring non-H1B visa workers would also save them 100k/worker.
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mattnewton ◴[20 Sep 25 01:14 UTC] No.45308847[source]▶
If you believe the reason the program was started, the US doesn’t have enough workers in those fields.
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ranger_danger ◴[20 Sep 25 01:16 UTC] No.45308867[source]▶
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.
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vasilipupkin ◴[20 Sep 25 01:46 UTC] No.45309254[source]▶
you don't believe it why ? you look at American education system and you think it produces multitudes of talented engineers? is it so inconceivable that we need a lot of smart people and we don't produce enough of them locally ?
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