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PoliticsWhy Trump wants H-1B skilled worker visas to cost employers more than $100,000

US President Donald Trump is again seeking to impose a $100,000 fee on employers hiring skilled temporary foreign workers through the H-1B programme. Tech leaders including Elon Musk have defended it as a way to attract top global talent, while critics on both the left and right say it is mainly used to replace skilled US-born workers with cheaper, more controllable foreign guest workers.

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Why Trump wants H-1B skilled worker visas to cost employers more than $100,000
Why Trump wants H-1B skilled worker visas to cost employers more than $100,000Politics