Trump extends push for $100,000 H-1B visas by another year
Trump, who has pursued an aggressive immigration crackdown, has criticized the program and wants to permanently raise the fee.
President Donald Trump has extended an executive order that would impose a fee of US$100,000 for H-1B non-immigrant visas by another year, according to the White House. The H-1B visa program allows US employers to hire skilled foreign workers for a few years, with the fee being used to fund the federal government. Trump, who has pursued an aggressive immigration crackdown, has criticized the program and wants to permanently raise the fee from between US$2,000 and US$5,000 to at least US$100,000, although this attempt has faced legal challenges.
A Boston-based appeals court is reviewing a June decision by a federal judge who deemed the higher fee illegal and blocked the government from collecting it, while another court is considering whether a judge properly rejected a challenge to the fee by the US Chamber of Commerce. Despite criticism that some companies use the visas to hire lower-paid foreign workers instead of Americans, business groups and companies argue that the visas help recruit highly skilled professionals and address a lack of qualified US workers in some industries.
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