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The Trump administration said on Friday it would ask companies to pay $100,000 per year for H-1B worker visas, prompting some big tech companies to warn visa holders to stay in the U.S. or quickly return.
The change could deal a big blow to the technology sector that relies heavily on skilled workers from India and China.
Since taking office in January, Trump has kicked off a wide-ranging immigration crackdown, including moves to limit some forms of legal immigration. The step to reshape the H-1B visa program represents his administration’s most high-profile effort yet to rework temporary employment visas.
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It’s another extortion trick. The administration has a way to waive the fee. He’s going to use it to get tech to bend the knee.
Oh wait, it’s per year? Jesus. That’s such a naked shakedown.
Real question, is it $100k per visa per year? Or $100k per year for all the visa employees at a company
The fact that no one seems to be able to definitively answer that question makes the policy truly awful.
And what’s the penalty for outsourcing to an Indian contracting firm instead? Or opening an office there?
Trump admin doesn’t care about jobs for American workers, they just don’t want brown people in America, so that’s probably fine with them.
Visas tied to one company, such as these H1B visas, should not exist. That is the only reason this does not bother me.
Not sure this is related at all but didn’t Microsoft just get busted for findings that they used workers in China as support for their GCC tier Azure stuff?
