JD Vance backs proposed new H-1B fee: Companies should ‘hire and train Americans’
The DHS proposed a $103,265 fee for all new H-1B applications, less than three months after its initial plan to impose a $100,000 fee was struck down.
Vice President JD Vance has expressed support for a proposed $103,265 fee on H-1B applications, urging American companies to "hire and train Americans" instead. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently proposed the fee, which would apply to all cap-subject H-1B petitions but not to cap-exempt H-1B petitions. The proposed fee could generate approximately $8.8 billion annually for various federal agencies involved in immigration-related activities.
Vance's stance aligns with the Trump administration's efforts to reshape the pathway for foreign workers in the US, following a previous $100,000 fee imposed by the administration which was later ruled unlawful by a federal judge.
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