{
  "id": 12892404,
  "title": "'Death by restriction': As Trump sours H-1B visa dream, who faces biggest hit?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/death-by-restriction-as-trump-sours-h-1b-visa-dream-who-faces-biggest",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-08T13:41:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/death-by-restriction-as-trump-sours-h-1b-visa-dream-which-indian-it-professionals-face-the-biggest-hit/articleshow/134788265.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Three H-1B related changes are stacking on top of each other: the multiple $100,000 fee proposals, the wage-weighted lottery favoring more senior workers, new layoff and compliance scrutiny, and now the OPT/STEM-OPT $70,000 fee proposal for students looking to work in the US. The pathway is set to become much narrower or worse may even disappear!",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}