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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by truncate on Friday September 19, 2025 @09:25PM (#45308959)
I can't say if this is right or wrong move and will solve H1B problem.

But what I can say adds on to the list of impulsive decision by administration led by a senile/racist president. Making a rule is one thing, but how you put it out there with reasonable clarity and information is another. There is currently lot of confusion and panic among H1Bs people who have planned vacation and what not.

In all these discussions people forget that there are actual humans who are on these VISA and many are not being "underpaid" or taking american jobs (not that its ok to dehumanize them as well ... at the end of the day its the companies that are abusing it).

Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by bhouston on Friday September 19, 2025 @09:46PM (#45309252)
Trump is following mostly the Project 2025 plan that was put together but others: it called for greatly reducing H1-B visas.

And supposedly a lot of his power grab moves are being run by Stephen Miller: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/step...