Trump's H-1B Fee Hits Tech Wallets Like a Taxing Surprise Party
Professor Ramesh Srinivasan schooled us on Trumpâs new H-1B fee, which zoomed up like an uninvited guest at a tech party. The extra $4,000 charge per visa, introduced amid the 2021 OPC (the $50 billion U.S. immigration move), is like a secret 'tech tax' aiming to shrink foreign brains in American servers. Apparently, this fee is slamming startups and giants alike, turning Silicon Valley into an expensive game of 'who blinks first'. This doctrine's ripple causes layoffs, halted projects, and sleepless nights in Mountain View, Seattle, and Redwood City, from May 2021 onward. Fun fact: it even chokes off H-1B workersâ dream of nerd nirvana with forced repatriation risks. Who said immigration reforms can't come with a side of chaos?
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Trump's H-1B fee is basically an expensive 'Keep Out' sign for tech geniuses no one understands but everyone pays for. Nothing says progress like buying exclusion with 4 grand per visa!
Charging $4,000 to scare away tech workers feels like Americaâs weird tax-on-brains scheme; Silicon Valleyâs new diet: anorexic startups.
Nothing says patriotic innovation like slapstick immigration fees that make hiring coders feel like winning a lottery ticket â jackpot: layoffs!
Source: Aljazeera | Published: 9/20/2025 | Author: Unknown
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