{
  "id": 3780050,
  "title": "Why Trump wants H-1B skilled worker visas to cost employers more than $100,000",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/why-trump-wants-h-1b-skilled-worker-visas-to-cost-employers-more-than",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T17:24:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260827-why-trump-wants-h-1b-skilled-worker-visas-to-cost-employers-more-than-100-000"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "US President Donald Trump is once again trying to impose a $100,000 fee on employers seeking to hire skilled temporary foreign workers through the H-1B visa programme. But while tech titans like Elon Musk have long championed the programme as a crucial way of drawing top global talent to Silicon Valley, critics on both left and right say the scheme is largely used to replace skilled US-born…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "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."
}