Trump Administration Overhauls H-1B Visa Program with Higher Fees and Wage-Based Lottery
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Andrew Kreighbaum
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Summary
President Trump's second-term administration is overhauling the H-1B visa program, arguing it has been exploited to displace American workers. Changes include a weighted lottery favoring higher-paid workers and a $100,000 fee for new H-1B hires from outside the US. The article outlines these recent policy shifts affecting the employment-based immigration system for specialized foreign workers.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledTrump argues that the H-1B, a cornerstone of the employment-based immigration system that allows US companies to hire college-educated foreigners for specialized occupations, has been exploited to displace American workers.
This spring, his administration ran the first H1-B lottery with results weighted to favor more highly paid workers.
Earlier, it imposed a $100,000 fee for new H-1B workers hired from outside the US.
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