Wouldn't it be the American companies paying to hire these people?

I assume this is sarcasm. But there's people out there who actually believe this will be beneficial. With all his measures, Trump is about to cause a massive, historical recession.

A stated goal of this would be wage inflation (slower deflation in reality) for native born workers, that's the whole point.

But it would also contribute to housing disinflation, since you're importing less labor in a market of relatively inelastic housing supply, also less strain on heathcare and some government services

Need to pair this with a tax on remittances, but also need more Bitcoin on books first though since that'll be the arb.

$100k is immaterial at the high-end, pinkos should be happy with this tax on mega-corporations.

I wouldn't even count on seeing benefits from ending the brain drain. Are you familiar with the "beneficial brain drain" theory?

/s ?

apparently it's not an annual fee anymore, and only applies to new visas. comment section is like reading a child book, nothing less to be expected from x and leavitt.

Wow! $100,000 is expensive...hope they earn a lot more.

Ah, the golden ticket to America—just $100K a year for H-1B visas or a cool mil for citizenship. Sounds like a steal... if you're already loaded. But spare a thought for the international students grinding through US unis on massive loans. Picture this: A kid from India (where 72.6% of H-1Bs hail from) borrows $50K+ from family or banks at 10-15% interest rates back home—often selling ancestral land or dipping into life savings—to chase that STEM dream. They ace their OPT, land a job offer, but bam! Can't cough up the new fee. Now they're deported, loans snowballing, dreams deferred, and families heartbroken.

Fun fact: Immigrants founded or co-founded 55% of America's billion-dollar startups (per the National Foundation for American Policy). Another? H-1B holders contribute over $500B annually to the US economy via taxes and innovation—way more than the cost of any "slumber" in Silicon Valley. Without them, who innovates the next big thing? Not the folks who'd rather price out the talent pool. Let's not turn opportunity into an auction—real people, real stakes. 🇺🇸🤝🌍

If you figured the H-1B visa drama was a blockbuster, wait till you meet its sequel: the HIRE Act. Picture this—the U.S. Senate's cooking up the Halting International Relocation of Employment Act, basically a buzzkill for American companies eyeing cheaper labor abroad. It's like slapping a "Made in America" sticker on jobs with some serious glue. Should it sail through (and with Trump potentially back in the saddle, who knows?), come December 31, 2025, any U.S. firm caught shipping jobs overseas could get hit with a whopping excise tax penalty—up to 25% on those relocated gigs. Ouch. This isn't just tweaking the rules; it's flipping the script on how global tech gets done, making that offshore magic trick way less profitable. The real victims? India's booming IT and ITeS world, which thrives on America's outsourcing appetite. We're talking billions in contracts for software, support, and everything in between. H-1B kept a lid on bringing talent in, but HIRE's all about slamming the door on sending jobs out. It's like the U.S. is building a wall around its workforce, and guess who's paying for it? Not Mexico this time. This could shake up the tech services game like nothing we've seen in ages, potentially forcing Indian giants to rethink their U.S.-heavy models or eat massive costs.