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

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1308 points mriguy | 1 comments | 19 Sep 25 19:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | 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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fogzen ◴[19 Sep 25 21:40 UTC] No.45306997[source]▶

>>45306123 #

IMO the minimum salary should be $0 and Americans should be free to hire whoever they want, without paying a fee and asking permission from the government. Non-citizens should be subject to the same minimum wage and workplace regulations as everywhere else. Whoever wants to come to America should be able to freely come, treated the same as anyone else.

But that would be a free market that respected human rights, and Americans don't want that! Equality? Freedom? That's just marketing!

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1. czl ◴[20 Sep 25 14:50 UTC] No.45313888[source]▶

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> Whoever wants to come to America should be able to freely come, treated the same as anyone else.

So just open USA borders to anyone that passes screening (security / health / etc)?

What about gov subsidized welfare / healthcare / education / ...? Would you end all that? If not end it how would you handle the situation with current citizens vs the influx of foreigners who will expect these things be provided for them? And if those who show up start to vote for communism or some other ism that you do not like what will you do?

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