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Government Proposes New Six-Figure Fee for H1B Visas

39 pointsby ilarumtoday at 5:33 PM18 commentsview on HN

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bellowsgulchtoday at 8:53 PM

I vote for Democrats. Sad they didn't step up for American tech workers though, and the guy shitting himself did.

FatherOfCursestoday at 8:07 PM

In other words, companies who rely on H1B visas are not donating enough to Trump 2028 or the Republican party.

hn_submittoday at 7:40 PM

Wasn't this struck down because by law the Federal Government can only charge the cost of producing a visa? The amount cannot be arbitrary in any way.

Or has the Trump Administration found a workaround for this?

wtfHN26today at 6:07 PM

Most likely these companies will set up GCCs offshore. Moving the jobs abroad.

Whatever tax and living + lifestyle expenses that USA economy was making from H1B's will be gone.

Good for the rest of the world.

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throwa356262today at 7:48 PM

All Canada needs to do to become the center of innovation now is to... become 10°C warmer.

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