Months after the subject of H-1B visas caused a firestorm in the political world, President Donald Trump’s latest executive order is putting the American workforce first.
On Friday, the White House released a proclamation titled “Restriction On Entry Of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers,” imposing a $100,000 fee for every H-1B visa application. This provoked howls of protest from Silicon Valley and other industries that — apparently — just can’t survive without the controversial system. But beneath the outrage is a fundamental truth: for too long, the H-1B program has been misused, and what seems like a steep fee — around 50 times more than before — is not just sensible, but long overdue.
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