Trump administration to add $100,000 fee for H-1B

CBS News ^ | 9/19/2025 | Aimee Picchi

[marcusmaximus]

President Trump could sign a proclamation adding the new fee as soon as Friday, and which would restrict H-1B workers from entering the U.S. unless accompanied by the $100,000 payment

[asinclair]

$100,000 fee for H-1B:

This would follow the axiom “if you want more of something, subsidize it; if you want less of something, tax it.”

[for-q-clinton]

I love it! Then if they truly need that talent they’ll pay it. Otherwise I suspect they’ll find the person in the USA.

[dpetty121263]

Least it will protect American jobs.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

Absolutely correct. It’s a small fee for the right talent. It will attract the best and the brightest.

[G Larry]

My experience w H-1B employees:

If American salary is $100K, the H-1B is $80K....BUT that's what the H-1B Company gets....while the H-1B employee receives $40K.

[Regulator]

Way kewl.

The money should go into a fund to help American engineers displaced by the poachers.

[Zathras]

Nice idea but all its going to mean is they will just hire someone working in India.
Two years ago IBM got rid of over 1k Americans and mandated all future hires be from India.
My team of 60 now has only 2 Americans working for them.

[jroehl]

I recently sent out a few dozen tech related resumes. I noticed I have gotten zero Indian or Pakistani head hunter responses. 2 years ago they were ALL foreign responses. They figured out that was a bad PR move. It is still very hard to get a tech job for real Americans.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks marcusmaximus.

[jroehl]

Can you identify ONE Indian that is smarter and more talented than a talented America? I keep asking this question.

[Secret Agent Man]

It will be great to deal with many isses and companies.

It won’t affect the companies that have their own places overseas where they work.

[scripter]

When I worked at Apple I was the only American of 35 employees in my department. I moved around for 6 years at Apple and eventually left. I don’t have anything against somebody trying to get the best job they can get, but not at the expense of Americans.

[Jim Robinson]

But who’s gonna do our coding?

[AZJeep]

The H1B visa program has been abused soo much!

With this payments, the employers will think a lot more before bringing somebody in!

[17th Miss Regt]

Does the president have the statutory authority to do this? We know it will be blocked by some Obama judge.

[marcusmaximus]

Send them back!

[GOPJ]

...taking aim at a program that is used to attract highly skilled workers to the U.S.

That's how the program was sold - in reality it was another 'cheap labor ploy' but for higher level companies than resort hotels and farmers.

[GOPJ]

Good idea...

[adorno]

It should be $100,000 for each H-1B worker brought in.