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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by wahnfrieden on Friday September 19, 2025 @04:37PM (#45306260)
If they can pay a $100k fee, they can pay a similarly higher wage instead
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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by abirch on Friday September 19, 2025 @04:39PM (#45306287)
This makes sense if H1-Bs are about lack of talent instead of cheap labor.
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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by wahnfrieden on Friday September 19, 2025 @11:09PM (#45309933)
That's what they're supposed to be about. OP proposed a way to put that into practice. Of course it is abused for cheap labor
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