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For decades, America has imported highly-skilled tech workers from around the world on H-1B visas. In 2024, over 70% of those workers came from India. But a new $100,000 fee for H-1B applicants could change that. CBS News’ Shanelle Kaul traveled to the H-1B capital of the world to... show more

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For decades, the U.S. has imported highly-skilled tech workers from around the world on H-1B visas. But the Trump administration changed the way they are granted. CBS News’ Shanelle Kaul reports on how that is impacting the pipeline of global talent coming to America.

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580,350 views • 9 months ago

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133,377 views • 11 months ago

ANOTHER TRUMP "TARIFF"! U.S imposes $100,000 application fee on H-1B visa. Indians currently make up about 71% of new H-1B visa beneficiaries. So this fee would hit Indian professionals hardest. India got 191,000 H-1B visas in FY 2023, rising to 207,000 in FY 2024.

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543,763 views • 11 months ago

BANNON: Lutnick says H-1Bs have collapsed bc of the new fees and it’s not a problem anymore. JENKS That’s absolutely not true. The H-1B cap is full for this year and 2027. The foreign student to OPT to H-1B pipeline is alive and well, and the $100K fee doesn’t even apply to those workers. Just ask any American tech worker. They’ll tell you exactly what the problems are with H-1B.

BANNON: Lutnick says H-1Bs have collapsed bc of the new fees and it’s not a problem anymore. JENKS That’s absolutely not true. The H-1B cap is full for this year and 2027. The foreign student to OPT to H-1B pipeline is alive and well, and the $100K fee doesn’t even apply to those workers. Just ask any American tech worker. They’ll tell you exactly what the problems are with H-1B.

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Eric Daugherty

365,370 views • 9 months ago

Secretary Mullin claims that over 200,000 H-1B workers have paid the illegal $100,000 tax on H-1B petitions. That'd be a staggering $20 BILLION in revenue in 6 months! But there's no way it's true. DOJ has said in court filings that H-1B fee revenue is way, way down!

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250,087 views • 2 months ago

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187,781 views • 14 days ago

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1,147,995 views • 1 year ago

Carney says he aims to attract foreign tech workers who can't get H-1B visas in the US to Canada. This is a betrayal of Canadian workers.

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31,584 views • 11 months ago

JENKS: Yes, new H-1Bs from abroad are down because of the $100K fee. But companies are backfilling with foreign workers and students already here, so there’s no real drop in total H-1B visas.

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77,268 views • 4 months ago

#WATCH | New York | On H-1B visa fee hike, President and CEO, Mukesh Aghi, says, "... It works in favour of India because from a US perspective, H-1B was being abused in some manner, and they would like to bring in high-quality people to the US. That means, Indian workers coming to the US on H-1B will get much higher compensation... More importantly, low-end work will shift offshore to India. Even though there's a lot of hype surrounding H-1B, the impact on India's economy and its IT services exports will be minimal... It will have an impact on innovations (in the US) and on startups. But will it impact the economy? No..."

#WATCH | New York | On H-1B visa fee hike, President and CEO, Mukesh Aghi, says, "... It works in favour of India because from a US perspective, H-1B was being abused in some manner, and they would like to bring in high-quality people to the US. That means, Indian workers coming to the US on H-1B will get much higher compensation... More importantly, low-end work will shift offshore to India. Even though there's a lot of hype surrounding H-1B, the impact on India's economy and its IT services exports will be minimal... It will have an impact on innovations (in the US) and on startups. But will it impact the economy? No..."

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194,735 views • 11 months ago