"deliberately exploited to replace, rather than supplement, American workers with lower-paid, lower-skilled labor"
"systemic abuse of the program has undermined both our economic and national security."
"The best interpretation, I think, that we have now is that it is a $100,000 per person payment that applies to at least a new, initial employment."
The US president proposed a $100,000 application fee for the H-1B foreign worker visa program, creating major uncertainty for the tech sector and universities. The proclamation characterized the visa scheme as deliberately exploited to replace rather than supplement American workers and asserted that systemic abuse undermines economic and national security. The H-1B program, created in 1990, is capped at 65,000 visas plus 20,000 for advanced-degree holders, with computer-related occupations comprising about two-thirds of recipients. The announcement produced extreme chaos and legal uncertainty, including whether the fee would apply to renewals, reentries, or existing holders. Subsequent official comments about one-time application applicability appeared inconsistent.
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