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		nsm 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, W... The fees are paid by employers and not workers.

nojvek 7 months ago | [–]

Without salary enforcement, it does come out of workers eventually.

Like Americans paying Tariff fees out of their wallets due to price hikes.

esalman 7 months ago | [–]

This is still another loophole and the companies which exploit the program and workers (small consulting firms, not big tech per se) are still going to exploit this.

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