"Last month, the Trump administration introduced a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas, a common pathway for skilled foreigners to work in large US multinationals. In addition to the fee, the administration announced a proposal to replace the lottery system with one that selects based on skill level and wages. The changes are part of the White House's plan to preserve jobs for American citizens."
""I don't love the blanket 100,000 fee," Khanna said. "I think that's not the best way to reform it. Partly because it puts an unfair burden on startups, it actually may hurt them with talent." The Democratic lawmaker, who has been serving the district since 2017, added: "But if you wanted to say, ' Look, there's going to be some prevailing wage standard and we need reforms,' I'm open to that.""
Ro Khanna criticized the $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas as placing an unfair burden on startups and potentially hindering their ability to hire skilled foreign workers. The Trump administration introduced the fee and proposed replacing the lottery with selection based on skill level and wages, framing the changes as a way to preserve American jobs. Khanna expressed openness to prevailing wage standards and targeted reforms while rejecting a blanket fee. The fee has alarmed startup founders who fear losing talent to deep-pocketed tech giants, and concerns about H-1B abuse by repeated lottery entries and shell companies persist.
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