It will be up to President Trump to severely curb the H-1B. The proposal of a one-time $100,000 fee will do NOTHING to stop it. That fee can be spread over a 6 year period, so basically the corporations can hire H-1Bs for $16,000 less per year (100,000 / 6) to easily make up the difference.
The h1b visa program should be terminated.
It’s immoral to strip mine needed human capital from foreign countries.
More importantly it’s immoral to do so because you don’t want to pay American engineers a fair compensation.
Exactly. Several years ago, it was reported that some H1B employees sign contracts agreeing to pay their employers a large amount of money if they leave the company. So, those workers are so desperate to come here, they would gladly take a pay cut.
Politicians, including Trump, are too afraid to put an end to the H1B program. Trump himself started speaking highly of the H1B program when he first took office this time around. AFAIK, he still hasn’t even mentioned the border patrol agent who was shot and killed in Maine back in January by a German national reportedly here on H1B visa.
The $100,000 fee was to make the H1B problem go away. Problem is, the voices against H1B grow louder every day.