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

https://mins.news/en/item/34697

- France 24, 2026-08-27 17:24 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260827-why-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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