Startup leaders warn new $100K H-1B visa fee will hurt U.S. entrepreneurship and innovation
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Longtime entrepreneurs and venture capitalists are sounding the alarm over President Trump’s new H-1B fee that would impact tech companies and the workers they hire from abroad.
Trump announced an executive order Friday outlining the $100,000 fee for H-1B work visas, which allow companies to hire highly skilled foreign workers in “specialty occupations” such as software engineering, data science, and other STEM fields.
By imposing the new fee, the Trump ad...
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