It is. It’s all Kabuki theater to make us think this H1B visa EO will do anything. It’s not gonna stop crap and is a total bait and switch.
All the evidence says it’s already working. I would prefer the fee was annual but it is a good start.
While the thread is about stuff including "on the condition of anonymity," here is some hard info:
"Number of H-1B visa beneficiaries approved in fiscal 2025, by company"Personally, I'd be fine with zero work visas, and only legal immigration by legal pathways. Time to look at an underlying cause -- STEM has been devalued, while "basket weaving," "queer studies" and Harvard's latest "drag queen" faculty member are all the rage. Our trade schools should be the path forward.Amazon -- 14.667
Tata Consultancy Services -- 5,586
Microsoft -- 5,1989
Meta Platforms -- 5,123
Apple -- 4,202
Google -- 4,186
Cognizant Technology Solutions -- 3,681
Deloitte Consulting -- 3,180
JPMorgan Chase -- 2,440
Walmart -- 2,390"The worker visas that President Trump says now require $100,000 application fees fill a tiny portion of the U.S. workforce but include high-value jobs concentrated among some of the biggest technology companies in some of the wealthiest coastal states."
Who Uses H-1B Visas the Most, in Charts Wall Street Journal, 22 September 2025
Angry at the Chamber of Commerce? Then boycott Amazon, and the other "commerce" companies masquerading as "tech."