Trump to Enact $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee in Bid to Help American Workers: Report

Trump to Enact $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee in Bid to Help American Workers: Report


Companies that want to bring in foreign workers should prepare to pay bigly, according to a new report.

Bloomberg reported President Donald Trump is planning to overhaul the H-1B visa program by imposing a $100,000 fee on employers seeking to bring in overseas workers.

The financial news outlet cited “a White House official familiar with the matter” as its source.

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Silicon Valley’s tech sector uses H-1B visas as a tool to import skilled workers. Yet the Trump administration is arguing these practices have been abused and are harming Americans.

The report stated Trump will order Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer to revise the program’s rules, effectively altering the wage rates paid out to H-1B workers.

This change is reportedly aimed at limiting visa use to avoid

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