Trump Banks $100K Per Visa: Suddenly Tech Is 'Just American'
In a move that shocks absolutely no one except maybe capybaras, President Trump imposed a staggering $100,000 annual fee on H-1B visa applications, striking a blow to U.S. tech firms reliant on skilled immigrant talent. Yes, $100K per visa â thatâs not a fee; thatâs venture capital for a startup called 'Exclusively White Tech.' This new tariff launched under the guise of limiting foreign labor effectively chainsaws Silicon Valleyâs ladder, where companies like Google, Amazon, and Apple have long depended on the H-1B workforce. Meanwhile, taxpayers will be thrilled to fund a policy thatâs more about political theater than economic sense. Oh, Iâm sorry, did I miss the part where this makes our software less glitchy and our prices drop? Spoiler alert: it wonât.
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So Trumpâs new $100K H-1B visa fee is basically a speed bump for tech companies or a parking ticket for wanting talent. Sure, nothing says innovation like turning skilled workers into unicorns too rare (and expensive) to handle.
Only in 2024 can you charge $100,000 to let people apply to build software America desperately needs. This isnât âprotecting jobs,â itâs just price-gouging intellectual capital until it burps out something less revolutionary and more whining.
Charging a fee bigger than some startupsâ entire first-year revenue for H-1B visas? Thatâs like slapping a toll on the express lane and wondering why everyone's stuck in trafficâexcept now 'traffic' is the global brain drain.
Source: Theonion | Published: 9/25/2025 | Author: The Onion Staff
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