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Trump to impose $100,000 fee per year for H-1B visas, in blow to tech (www.reuters.com)
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The Trump administration said on Friday it would ask companies to pay $100,000 per year for H-1B worker visas, prompting some big tech companies to warn visa holders to stay in the U.S. or quickly return.

The change could deal a big blow to the technology sector that relies heavily on skilled workers from India and China.

Since taking office in January, Trump has kicked off a wide-ranging immigration crackdown, including moves to limit some forms of legal immigration. The step to reshape the H-1B visa program represents his administration's most high-profile effort yet to rework temporary employment visas.

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[–] 27 points 11 months ago (1 child)

Uh, they will run of the deficit, not report honestly, and fuck the American economy.

From June 2025, so it’s probably worse projections now.

Sure, Trump had COVID, but his years were ramping up spending significantly before. The idea that Trump is some sort of “shrewd business man” is a complete lie. They supposedly cut all these jobs & they are still going to spend more than last year. So it’s just pure projection.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

    As I recall from past reading, in general, the US runs up the least deficit during periods when control of the government is split. That is, the Democrats block some of the things that the Republicans want to do with funds, and the Republicans block some of the things that the Democrats want to do with funds. Tax cuts, spending, whatever.

    Right now, the Republicans hold a trifecta, control all of the Presidency, House, and Senate, so my expectation is that they will probably tend to adopt policy that runs up more deficit than the norm, since they're unchecked.

    Assuming that the Democrats take the House in the midterms, though, the GOP will need to compromise on new policy after that.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago*

    i would imagine they are already planning to rig certain blue areas(voting machines) and increase thier voting suppression in those states controlled by the gop, like how they called the eleciton early and stop counting. the problem is we have uncooperative senate to deal with(DINOS siding with the gop), and most of thier seats arnt up for reelection.

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