$100k fee for h1-b visas coming

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC works be big tech. Some colleagues are caught up in this mess. They are figuring out ways fur them to work from their home countries. They are not hiring US citizens instead. They are not paying 100k. US is just losing tax dollars and well educated people

Then you tarrif the hell out of those companies products

lol that's not how tech works.

It does if you change the law.

Trump tries to tarrif Hollywood, just gotta get it through congress by holding their feet to the fire.

[Anonymous]

had sent its top IT giants, (TaTa) TCS, HCL, Satyam, and more to Washington, not to build alliances, but to demand:

1. Looser data protection laws

2. Easier visa access (B1, H1B, L1)

3. An end to U.S. social security tax obligations for their workers

Led by CII and backed by the 🇮🇳 government, they lobbied to bypass U.S. safeguards while offshoring our jobs and exploiting our labor system.

They called anti-outsourcing bills a "barrier."

They resented that America wanted to protect consumer privacy.

They demanded that our rules bend to serve their business.

This in the 🇮🇳 way use our market, use our system, dodge our laws and call it “partnership.”

🇮🇳’s agenda has never been about mutual growth. It’s about access, dominance, and control, on their terms, not America’s.

Never forget 🇮🇳 is for making 🇮🇳 great "again" not America.

Follow @worldnetdaily and @ElizabethFarah the next few weeks are going to be epic!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC works be big tech. Some colleagues are caught up in this mess. They are figuring out ways fur them to work from their home countries. They are not hiring US citizens instead. They are not paying 100k. US is just losing tax dollars and well educated people

Then you tarrif the hell out of those companies products

lol that's not how tech works.

It does if you change the law.

Trump tries to tarrif Hollywood, just gotta get it through congress by holding their feet to the fire.

Explain to me what laws they would pass to tariff those companies?

[Anonymous]

Wow. Mainstream media has discovered that h1b is about entry level cheap workers. Who would have thought???

Immigration advocates and attorneys say the change could lead employers to alter the types of foreign workers they hire, outsource roles to other countries, or turn to other, more limited, visa options.

“With the emphasis on wages, the nature of roles—level of foreign national hires may shift,” said Jill Bloom, an immigration partner at Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP. “Companies may choose to pass on entry-level or mid-level key talent as the chances of ultimately securing a H-1B decreases.”

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/new-h-1b-rule-pushes-employers-to-rethink-workforce-options

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow. Mainstream media has discovered that h1b is about entry level cheap workers. Who would have thought???

Immigration advocates and attorneys say the change could lead employers to alter the types of foreign workers they hire, outsource roles to other countries, or turn to other, more limited, visa options.

“With the emphasis on wages, the nature of roles—level of foreign national hires may shift,” said Jill Bloom, an immigration partner at Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP. “Companies may choose to pass on entry-level or mid-level key talent as the chances of ultimately securing a H-1B decreases.”

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/new-h-1b-rule-pushes-employers-to-rethink-workforce-options

I have worked for big tech for most of my 20+ years in the workforce, and they are all moving more jobs offshore.

[Anonymous]

^^ True, but it seems some companies have a 70/30 offshore to onshore ratio. And, these companies (at least mine) don't advertise jobs on usual places like Indeed. We always get resumes from HR that are mostly younger men from other countries who are green card holders.

[Anonymous]

Not looking good for the Chamber of Commerce challenge:

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/12/29/fight-over-trumps-100000-h-1b-visa-fee-moves-to-appeals-court/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not looking good for the Chamber of Commerce challenge:

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/12/29/fight-over-trumps-100000-h-1b-visa-fee-moves-to-appeals-court/

remember when WAPO Ms Rampell would write that we need more immigration to keep inflation down, i.e. to lower workers wages. And yet in other columns she lamented the fact that day care workers are paid so little.

so the Chamber of Commerce has pulled a similar stunt.

H-1B advocates, including the Chamber, have long proclaimed that the visa program provides crucial access to “the best and the brightest” foreign workers. The Chamber stated on its website that “H-1B workers function as complements … for American workers…. Retaining the best and brightest, many of whom trained in highly respected U.S. universities, will help America innovate and compete globally, and that leads to more growth and high paying jobs for all Americans.”

Yet, in its lawsuit, the Chamber contended that Congress never intended the H-1B program to be for the “best and brightest”, that “by congressional design, employers need not show that their prospective [H-1B] workers are the best of the best, but merely highly skilled”, that “the imposition of such a ‘best of the best’ requirement … would trample Congress’s duly enacted policy choices” and would “undercut[] the very existence of the [H-1B] program.”

The Chamber called “the best and brightest” policy a “misguided” one that would “inflict significant harm on American businesses”.

https://cis.org/Fishman/Court-Rejects-Chamber-Commerces-Bid-Bar-100K-H1B-Entry-Bar

and those curious about Ms Rampell. WAPO’s favorite globalist. Dedicated to replacing US workers with cheaper labor.
don't believe me? - read her articles …

On one hand she wants to increase the overwhelming immigration of low wage workers - to reduce inflation by lowering wages of low wage workers. Increasing the supply of workers reduces wages.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/11/democrats-missing-real-immigration-threat-workers-economy/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/02/immigration-inflation-worker-shortages-labor-costs/

on the other hand, she laments about the low salaries paid to day care workers.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/27/child-care-funding-crisis/

Someone needs to teach the Princeton educated Anthropologist about Supply and Demand concepts. but I think she already knows. Most Democrats already know, they just dont care about workers. They would rather have cheap toys and pay indentured servants cheap pay with no benefits, than have a strong middle class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not looking good for the Chamber of Commerce challenge:

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/12/29/fight-over-trumps-100000-h-1b-visa-fee-moves-to-appeals-court/

remember when WAPO Ms Rampell would write that we need more immigration to keep inflation down, i.e. to lower workers wages. And yet in other columns she lamented the fact that day care workers are paid so little.

so the Chamber of Commerce has pulled a similar stunt.

H-1B advocates, including the Chamber, have long proclaimed that the visa program provides crucial access to “the best and the brightest” foreign workers. The Chamber stated on its website that “H-1B workers function as complements … for American workers…. Retaining the best and brightest, many of whom trained in highly respected U.S. universities, will help America innovate and compete globally, and that leads to more growth and high paying jobs for all Americans.”

Yet, in its lawsuit, the Chamber contended that Congress never intended the H-1B program to be for the “best and brightest”, that “by congressional design, employers need not show that their prospective [H-1B] workers are the best of the best, but merely highly skilled”, that “the imposition of such a ‘best of the best’ requirement … would trample Congress’s duly enacted policy choices” and would “undercut[] the very existence of the [H-1B] program.”

The Chamber called “the best and brightest” policy a “misguided” one that would “inflict significant harm on American businesses”.

https://cis.org/Fishman/Court-Rejects-Chamber-Commerces-Bid-Bar-100K-H1B-Entry-Bar

and those curious about Ms Rampell. WAPO’s favorite globalist. Dedicated to replacing US workers with cheaper labor.
don't believe me? - read her articles …

On one hand she wants to increase the overwhelming immigration of low wage workers - to reduce inflation by lowering wages of low wage workers. Increasing the supply of workers reduces wages.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/11/democrats-missing-real-immigration-threat-workers-economy/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/02/immigration-inflation-worker-shortages-labor-costs/

on the other hand, she laments about the low salaries paid to day care workers.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/27/child-care-funding-crisis/

Someone needs to teach the Princeton educated Anthropologist about Supply and Demand concepts. but I think she already knows. Most Democrats already know, they just dont care about workers. They would rather have cheap toys and pay indentured servants cheap pay with no benefits, than have a strong middle class.

I caught that bit of irony also. It's like Facebook's argument in their H-1B recruitment case, "But every company is doing this(discriminating against Americans in recruitment), it is the standard in the field."

Not a good look.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not looking good for the Chamber of Commerce challenge:

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/12/29/fight-over-trumps-100000-h-1b-visa-fee-moves-to-appeals-court/

remember when WAPO Ms Rampell would write that we need more immigration to keep inflation down, i.e. to lower workers wages. And yet in other columns she lamented the fact that day care workers are paid so little.

so the Chamber of Commerce has pulled a similar stunt.

H-1B advocates, including the Chamber, have long proclaimed that the visa program provides crucial access to “the best and the brightest” foreign workers. The Chamber stated on its website that “H-1B workers function as complements … for American workers…. Retaining the best and brightest, many of whom trained in highly respected U.S. universities, will help America innovate and compete globally, and that leads to more growth and high paying jobs for all Americans.”

Yet, in its lawsuit, the Chamber contended that Congress never intended the H-1B program to be for the “best and brightest”, that “by congressional design, employers need not show that their prospective [H-1B] workers are the best of the best, but merely highly skilled”, that “the imposition of such a ‘best of the best’ requirement … would trample Congress’s duly enacted policy choices” and would “undercut[] the very existence of the [H-1B] program.”

The Chamber called “the best and brightest” policy a “misguided” one that would “inflict significant harm on American businesses”.

https://cis.org/Fishman/Court-Rejects-Chamber-Commerces-Bid-Bar-100K-H1B-Entry-Bar

and those curious about Ms Rampell. WAPO’s favorite globalist. Dedicated to replacing US workers with cheaper labor.
don't believe me? - read her articles …

On one hand she wants to increase the overwhelming immigration of low wage workers - to reduce inflation by lowering wages of low wage workers. Increasing the supply of workers reduces wages.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/11/democrats-missing-real-immigration-threat-workers-economy/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/02/immigration-inflation-worker-shortages-labor-costs/

on the other hand, she laments about the low salaries paid to day care workers.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/27/child-care-funding-crisis/

Someone needs to teach the Princeton educated Anthropologist about Supply and Demand concepts. but I think she already knows. Most Democrats already know, they just dont care about workers. They would rather have cheap toys and pay indentured servants cheap pay with no benefits, than have a strong middle class.

I caught that bit of irony also. It's like Facebook's argument in their H-1B recruitment case, "But every company is doing this(discriminating against Americans in recruitment), it is the standard in the field."

Not a good look.

You realize that Trump said the same thing, right?

Trump defended the program in an interview with The New York Post, stating, “I’ve always liked the visas, I have always been in favor of the visas. That’s why we have them.”

“I have many H-1B visas on my properties. I’ve been a believer in H-1B. I have used it many times. It’s a great program,” Trump added.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-maga-supporters-uproar-trumps-1b-visa-comments/story?id=127458610

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not looking good for the Chamber of Commerce challenge:

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/12/29/fight-over-trumps-100000-h-1b-visa-fee-moves-to-appeals-court/

remember when WAPO Ms Rampell would write that we need more immigration to keep inflation down, i.e. to lower workers wages. And yet in other columns she lamented the fact that day care workers are paid so little.

so the Chamber of Commerce has pulled a similar stunt.

H-1B advocates, including the Chamber, have long proclaimed that the visa program provides crucial access to “the best and the brightest” foreign workers. The Chamber stated on its website that “H-1B workers function as complements … for American workers…. Retaining the best and brightest, many of whom trained in highly respected U.S. universities, will help America innovate and compete globally, and that leads to more growth and high paying jobs for all Americans.”

Yet, in its lawsuit, the Chamber contended that Congress never intended the H-1B program to be for the “best and brightest”, that “by congressional design, employers need not show that their prospective [H-1B] workers are the best of the best, but merely highly skilled”, that “the imposition of such a ‘best of the best’ requirement … would trample Congress’s duly enacted policy choices” and would “undercut[] the very existence of the [H-1B] program.”

The Chamber called “the best and brightest” policy a “misguided” one that would “inflict significant harm on American businesses”.

https://cis.org/Fishman/Court-Rejects-Chamber-Commerces-Bid-Bar-100K-H1B-Entry-Bar

and those curious about Ms Rampell. WAPO’s favorite globalist. Dedicated to replacing US workers with cheaper labor.
don't believe me? - read her articles …

On one hand she wants to increase the overwhelming immigration of low wage workers - to reduce inflation by lowering wages of low wage workers. Increasing the supply of workers reduces wages.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/11/democrats-missing-real-immigration-threat-workers-economy/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/02/immigration-inflation-worker-shortages-labor-costs/

on the other hand, she laments about the low salaries paid to day care workers.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/27/child-care-funding-crisis/

Someone needs to teach the Princeton educated Anthropologist about Supply and Demand concepts. but I think she already knows. Most Democrats already know, they just dont care about workers. They would rather have cheap toys and pay indentured servants cheap pay with no benefits, than have a strong middle class.

I caught that bit of irony also. It's like Facebook's argument in their H-1B recruitment case, "But every company is doing this(discriminating against Americans in recruitment), it is the standard in the field."

Not a good look.

Indeed.. not a good look for Trump.

“First of all, I think and I know the H-1B very well. And it’s something that I frankly use and I shouldn’t be allowed to use it. We shouldn’t have it,” he said. “Second of all, I think it’s very important to say, well, I’m a businessman and I have to do what I have to do.”

https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/ap-trump-called-this-visa-very-bad-for-americans-truth-social-applied-for-one/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not looking good for the Chamber of Commerce challenge:

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/12/29/fight-over-trumps-100000-h-1b-visa-fee-moves-to-appeals-court/

remember when WAPO Ms Rampell would write that we need more immigration to keep inflation down, i.e. to lower workers wages. And yet in other columns she lamented the fact that day care workers are paid so little.

so the Chamber of Commerce has pulled a similar stunt.

H-1B advocates, including the Chamber, have long proclaimed that the visa program provides crucial access to “the best and the brightest” foreign workers. The Chamber stated on its website that “H-1B workers function as complements … for American workers…. Retaining the best and brightest, many of whom trained in highly respected U.S. universities, will help America innovate and compete globally, and that leads to more growth and high paying jobs for all Americans.”

Yet, in its lawsuit, the Chamber contended that Congress never intended the H-1B program to be for the “best and brightest”, that “by congressional design, employers need not show that their prospective [H-1B] workers are the best of the best, but merely highly skilled”, that “the imposition of such a ‘best of the best’ requirement … would trample Congress’s duly enacted policy choices” and would “undercut[] the very existence of the [H-1B] program.”

The Chamber called “the best and brightest” policy a “misguided” one that would “inflict significant harm on American businesses”.

https://cis.org/Fishman/Court-Rejects-Chamber-Commerces-Bid-Bar-100K-H1B-Entry-Bar

and those curious about Ms Rampell. WAPO’s favorite globalist. Dedicated to replacing US workers with cheaper labor.
don't believe me? - read her articles …

On one hand she wants to increase the overwhelming immigration of low wage workers - to reduce inflation by lowering wages of low wage workers. Increasing the supply of workers reduces wages.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/11/democrats-missing-real-immigration-threat-workers-economy/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/02/immigration-inflation-worker-shortages-labor-costs/

on the other hand, she laments about the low salaries paid to day care workers.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/27/child-care-funding-crisis/

Someone needs to teach the Princeton educated Anthropologist about Supply and Demand concepts. but I think she already knows. Most Democrats already know, they just dont care about workers. They would rather have cheap toys and pay indentured servants cheap pay with no benefits, than have a strong middle class.

I caught that bit of irony also. It's like Facebook's argument in their H-1B recruitment case, "But every company is doing this(discriminating against Americans in recruitment), it is the standard in the field."

Not a good look.

You realize that Trump said the same thing, right?

Trump defended the program in an interview with The New York Post, stating, “I’ve always liked the visas, I have always been in favor of the visas. That’s why we have them.”

“I have many H-1B visas on my properties. I’ve been a believer in H-1B. I have used it many times. It’s a great program,” Trump added.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-maga-supporters-uproar-trumps-1b-visa-comments/story?id=127458610

Depends on what you mean by realized. Like a real policy that charges businesses one hundred thousand dollars for a person on a H-1B visa to enter the US. Or some other notion of real, that doesn't even set policy.

[Anonymous]

Trump mixes up H2B (temp non ag work like for his hotels) which he broadly uses with h1B which I doubt he uses much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How are Indians on H-1B visas, valid for only 3 years, coming here and obtaining 30 year mortgages to buy a home? How are they even qualifying for a mortgage with no credit history and only a short term work visa?

Why are they moving their entire families to the USA with H-4 visas?

80% of H-1B visas are going to entry level or junior level positions. They are the types of jobs that new American college grads used to get.

This entire system seems bizarre and doesn't make any sense for an American politician to support.

When the category first started, it was not entry level position; it was really for bright advanced professionals who already have expertise in their field and it was an *international* category. By the early 2000s it was completely taken over by the citizens of India. And they will tell you that an entire industry has grown around this visa in India. It has pushed all other nations’ professionals out. And at some point it was also not solely for advanced level professionals anymore.

[Anonymous]

Ironic, to paraphrase but everyone knew the randomized lottery was predictably skewed towards cheap labor, and increasing the probability of picking higher paid candidates is going to be "less predicatble":

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/why-the-us-ending-the-h-1b-lottery-is-unsettling-silicon-valley-and-beyond/articleshow/126335027.cms