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On Friday, President Trump signed an executive order raising the application fee on H-1B visas to $100,000—sparking immediate panic among skilled foreign workers and companies that rely on them. The Trump administration insists that this “commonsense action” prioritizes American workers by “discouraging companies from spamming the system and driving... show more

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🚨🇺🇸 TRUMP SLAPS $100K FEE ON H-1B VISAS - TECH SECTOR REELS In a surprise proclamation, Trump just dropped a $100,000 annual fee on H-1B applications, effectively taxing foreign talent out of reach for many firms. The order also calls for raising prevailing wages and prioritizing top-paid, highly skilled workers. The White House frames it as job protection and national security: stopping “cheap foreign labor” from replacing Americans. Critics call it executive overreach and predict swift lawsuits. Smaller tech companies - already talent-starved - could get crushed, while giants scramble to keep foreign employees from leaving the U.S. Travel advisories are already circulating internally. What’s murky: Who pays, whether exemptions exist, and how fast courts might freeze parts of the order. Until then, America’s competitive edge in global talent just got an expensive, uncertain price tag. Source: AP, Reuters, Guardian, NY Post

🚨🇺🇸 TRUMP SLAPS $100K FEE ON H-1B VISAS - TECH SECTOR REELS In a surprise proclamation, Trump just dropped a $100,000 annual fee on H-1B applications, effectively taxing foreign talent out of reach for many firms. The order also calls for raising prevailing wages and prioritizing top-paid, highly skilled workers. The White House frames it as job protection and national security: stopping “cheap foreign labor” from replacing Americans. Critics call it executive overreach and predict swift lawsuits. Smaller tech companies - already talent-starved - could get crushed, while giants scramble to keep foreign employees from leaving the U.S. Travel advisories are already circulating internally. What’s murky: Who pays, whether exemptions exist, and how fast courts might freeze parts of the order. Until then, America’s competitive edge in global talent just got an expensive, uncertain price tag. Source: AP, Reuters, Guardian, NY Post

Mario Nawfal

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I just got caught up on yesterday’s presser and this is a fantastic idea! 🚨 (NEW) Trump’s $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee, Skilled Immigration, and American Workers President Trump’s new annual fee per H-1B visa worker, requires employers to pay $100k for EACH foreign worker they hire, EVERY YEAR. The policy incentivizes hiring U.S. talent, and greatly reduces the risk of companies exploiting H-1B visas to undercut domestic wages. It also discourages frivolous visa applications, ensuring only high-value talent is sponsored. The fee, applied to the 85,000 annual H-1B visas, could generate billions in revenue for the United States. The policy goes into immediate effect via his executive order.

I just got caught up on yesterday’s presser and this is a fantastic idea! 🚨 (NEW) Trump’s $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee, Skilled Immigration, and American Workers President Trump’s new annual fee per H-1B visa worker, requires employers to pay $100k for EACH foreign worker they hire, EVERY YEAR. The policy incentivizes hiring U.S. talent, and greatly reduces the risk of companies exploiting H-1B visas to undercut domestic wages. It also discourages frivolous visa applications, ensuring only high-value talent is sponsored. The fee, applied to the 85,000 annual H-1B visas, could generate billions in revenue for the United States. The policy goes into immediate effect via his executive order.

MJTruthUltra

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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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NEXTA

133,377 views • 11 months ago

🚨 TRUMP JUST CRUSHED THE H-1B SCAM WITH A $100,000 HAMMER! No more Big Tech replacing American grads with cheap foreign labor. By the stroke of his pen, President Trump jacked the H-1B fee from a pathetic $1K to $100,000 per new petition — plus forcing real prevailing wages. This is exactly what we voted for, America First warriors. While the open-borders crowd and corporate globalists are melting down, Trump's delivering — proving once again he's the only one who actually puts American workers over cheap imports. Cry harder, critics. 🇺🇸 This is Trump keeping his promises and fighting back against the system that shipped our jobs overseas for decades. Lutnick nailed it in the Oval: Big companies won't train foreigners over our own talent when it costs them a fortune. Did Trump just end the H-1B abuse for good? A. YES B. NO Drop your answer and RT if you're with Trump on this! 🔥

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Should President Trump terminate the H-1B visa program? As an immigration attorney who advocates for an America-First approach—yes, I know how rare that is—I think Trump should do it for three reasons: 1. Displacement of American Workers The H1B program allows companies to lay off American workers and replace them with foreign workers who are often paid less, prioritizing cost savings over U.S. job security. This undermines the claim that H-1B visas are used only when qualified American workers are unavailable. For example, Microsoft—which is making record profits these days—recently laid off over 15,000 American workers, including software engineers and IT staff, while simultaneously filing over 14,000 H1B visa petitions. Reports indicate that many of these visas were for roles in the same locations and job categories as the laid-off workers, suggesting direct replacement. 2. Wage Suppression and Exploitation The H1B visa program enables companies to hire foreign workers at lower wages, suppressing salaries for American workers and exploiting H-1B workers who are tied to their employer-sponsored visas. This creates a race-to-the-bottom effect on wages in tech and other industries. H-1B workers also face exploitation because they risk deportation if terminated, with only a 60-day grace period to find a new sponsor. 3. Abuse by Outsourcing Firms Outsourcing firms, particularly Indian IT companies, exploit the H1B program by securing a disproportionate share of visas to supply low-cost labor, often for non-specialized roles. These firms engage in practices like filing visas for nonexistent jobs or “benching” workers, undermining the program’s purpose of addressing genuine skill shortages. I'm Joseph Bovino, U.S. immigration and business attorney based in Miami and serving clients worldwide. Let me know if you agree that it's time to terminate, phase out, or replace the H1B visa program. Use the link in my bio if you'd like to schedule a video consultation with about another type of visa that actually benefits you AND America, such as an E2 investor visa or the O1 visa for individuals with extraordinary ability. And follow for more. Ron DeSantis JD Vance Donald J. Trump Stephen Miller Attorney General James Uthmeier

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Joseph Bovino, Esq.

119,928 views • 1 year ago

Dasting... Laura Ingraham Challenges President Trump on Air When He Says the U.S. Lacks Talent for Certain Jobs and Needs H-1B Skilled Workers Laura: If you want to raise wages for American workers, you can’t flood the country with H-1B visa workers. Trump: I agree, but you also have to bring in talent. Laura: We have plenty of talent here. Trump: No, you don’t. Laura: You don’t have talented people here? Trump: No, you’re being naive. People have to learn. You can’t take someone from the unemployment line and say, “I’m going to put you into a factory and we’re going to make missiles or batteries.” 🔻 My Thoughts: This exchange isn't a big deal to me—I agree with Laura in theory, but I side with Trump because I understand how H-1B visas work based on his EO. President Trump’s new $100,000 annual fee per H-1B visa application requires employers to pay up front for each filing—on top of existing costs—for visas valid up to three years (or six if extended). When it expires, they must refile and pay the $100,000 fee again. This bold policy, enacted via executive order and effective immediately, slams the door on exploitation while prioritizing American jobs. It forces companies to hire U.S. talent first, slashing the risk of undercutting domestic wages with cheap foreign labor. Highly skilled immigrants can still be brought in—but only to fill genuine gaps and train Americans on the job, accelerating our workforce's growth in critical fields like tech, defense, and manufacturing. Every major company must now ask: Is this worker worth $100,000 every three years to my bottom line? For most routine roles, the answer is a resounding no. This weeds out frivolous applications, reserving visas for true high-value talent in strategic areas, while supercharging investment in upskilling Americans. Plus, it could generate billions in revenue to fund U.S. worker training programs.

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MJTruthUltra

70,481 views • 9 months ago

.United States Trade Representative Ambassador Greer: "For President Donald J. Trump and his administration, the answer is clear: we want an economy that is resilient from shocks and not dependent on foreign production for critical goods... we want an economy that prioritizes American workers by protecting them from unfair trading practices and creating economic conditions that raises their wages."

.United States Trade Representative Ambassador Greer: "For President Donald J. Trump and his administration, the answer is clear: we want an economy that is resilient from shocks and not dependent on foreign production for critical goods... we want an economy that prioritizes American workers by protecting them from unfair trading practices and creating economic conditions that raises their wages."

Rapid Response 47

84,586 views • 26 days ago

The Trump administration’s surprise order imposing a new $100,000 fee on some visas set off “panic” over the weekend “because people weren't sure what was going on,” IBM Vice Chairman Gary Cohn tells Margaret Brennan. But Cohn says the confusion surrounding workers existing H-1B visas was “cleaned up.” “At this point, there's not a panic in the system. Everyone who has the H-1B visa understands their status and how it's going to work. I actually think this is a good idea,” says Cohn, who also served as director of the National Economic Council during the first Trump administration.

The Trump administration’s surprise order imposing a new $100,000 fee on some visas set off “panic” over the weekend “because people weren't sure what was going on,” IBM Vice Chairman Gary Cohn tells Margaret Brennan. But Cohn says the confusion surrounding workers existing H-1B visas was “cleaned up.” “At this point, there's not a panic in the system. Everyone who has the H-1B visa understands their status and how it's going to work. I actually think this is a good idea,” says Cohn, who also served as director of the National Economic Council during the first Trump administration.

Face The Nation

12,634 views • 11 months ago

🚨 POTUS FLIP-FLOP? H-1B Visas Are Back in the Spotlight Back in 2016, President Trump called H-1B visas “very bad for workers” and said “we should end it.” Now? He says “we don’t have the talent” and America needs to import workers. ...Ask the thousands of Americans laid off in tech, manufacturing, and engineering if they agree. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is taking action - introducing a bill to eliminate the H-1B program and restore protections for American workers. “It’s time to put Americans first, not foreign labor.”

🚨 POTUS FLIP-FLOP? H-1B Visas Are Back in the Spotlight Back in 2016, President Trump called H-1B visas “very bad for workers” and said “we should end it.” Now? He says “we don’t have the talent” and America needs to import workers. ...Ask the thousands of Americans laid off in tech, manufacturing, and engineering if they agree. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is taking action - introducing a bill to eliminate the H-1B program and restore protections for American workers. “It’s time to put Americans first, not foreign labor.”

LindellTV

12,813 views • 9 months ago

#WATCH | President Donald J Trump signs an Executive Order to raise the fee that companies pay to sponsor H-1B applicants to $100,000. White House staff secretary Will Scharf says, "One of the most abused visa systems is the H1-B non-immigrant visa programme. This is supposed to allow highly skilled labourers who work in fields that Americans don't work in to come into the United States of America. What this proclamation will do is raise the fee that companies pay to sponsor H-1B applicants to $100,000. This will ensure that the people they're bringing in are actually very highly skilled and that they're not replaceable by American workers." United States Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, says, "The whole idea is that no more will these big tech companies or other big companies train foreign workers. They have to pay the government $100,000, then they have to pay the employee. So it's just not economic. If you're going to train somebody, you're going to train one of the recent graduates from one of the great universities across our land, train Americans, stop bringing in people to take our jobs. That's the policy here. All of the big companies are on board." (Source: The White House/ YouTube)

#WATCH | President Donald J Trump signs an Executive Order to raise the fee that companies pay to sponsor H-1B applicants to $100,000. White House staff secretary Will Scharf says, "One of the most abused visa systems is the H1-B non-immigrant visa programme. This is supposed to allow highly skilled labourers who work in fields that Americans don't work in to come into the United States of America. What this proclamation will do is raise the fee that companies pay to sponsor H-1B applicants to $100,000. This will ensure that the people they're bringing in are actually very highly skilled and that they're not replaceable by American workers." United States Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, says, "The whole idea is that no more will these big tech companies or other big companies train foreign workers. They have to pay the government $100,000, then they have to pay the employee. So it's just not economic. If you're going to train somebody, you're going to train one of the recent graduates from one of the great universities across our land, train Americans, stop bringing in people to take our jobs. That's the policy here. All of the big companies are on board." (Source: The White House/ YouTube)

ANI

803,317 views • 11 months ago

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LindellTV

53,285 views • 1 year ago

Thank you President Trump for sticking up for American businesses on the global stage!👏👏👏 The EU has implemented policies that punish the innovation and success of U.S. companies while extracting billions from them. Time for it to stop. President Donald J. Trump The White House

Thank you President Trump for sticking up for American businesses on the global stage!👏👏👏 The EU has implemented policies that punish the innovation and success of U.S. companies while extracting billions from them. Time for it to stop. President Donald J. Trump The White House

NetChoice

300,428 views • 1 year ago

The CEO of Xbox laid off thousands of American workers and either replaced them or attempted to replace them with foreigners via H-1B visas. Now the Trump administration has appointed this same person to a position with the Federal Reserve. WTF is going on?

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Derrick Evans

27,644 views • 1 month ago

We all had raised eyebrows when we seen President Trump with the likes of Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg. President Trump is helping the American workers by imposing $100k fee on new H-1B visa applications. When industries look outside the U.S. to hire non Americans they need to pay this fee.

We all had raised eyebrows when we seen President Trump with the likes of Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg. President Trump is helping the American workers by imposing $100k fee on new H-1B visa applications. When industries look outside the U.S. to hire non Americans they need to pay this fee.

Patricia 🇺🇸

19,136 views • 10 months ago

A federal appeals court in Boston has rejected the Trump administration’s request to reinstate a $100,000 H-1B visa fee, keeping a lower court ruling that struck down the policy in place. The decision means H-1B visa applications will continue under standard fee rates for now, providing relief to tech companies and foreign professionals. Watch OAN on OAN Live for updates.

A federal appeals court in Boston has rejected the Trump administration’s request to reinstate a $100,000 H-1B visa fee, keeping a lower court ruling that struck down the policy in place. The decision means H-1B visa applications will continue under standard fee rates for now, providing relief to tech companies and foreign professionals. Watch OAN on OAN Live for updates.

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45,946 views • 22 days ago

🚨 BREAKING: JD Vance announces the Trump admin has launched a FULL-SCALE CRACKDOWN on H-1B fraud, with DOZENS of subpoenas sent out and investigations launched "Big corporations and fraudsters overseas are using this program to undercut the wages of AMERICAN workers." "American jobs ought to go to American workers and NOT foreign fraudsters, and the Department of Labor is fighting back against it" 🔥

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Nick Sortor

1,394,050 views • 1 month ago

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15,449 views • 1 year ago