The Trump administration announced Friday that H-1B visas will now come with a $100,000 annual fee, but the White House says it will only apply to new visa applicants.
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So after the Hyundai-LG plant raid he tweeted it was a mistake and that he needed skilled engineers for company’s building in the US. That they’re very important.
Then announces that those same engineers will need to pay 100k to get in.
Slow-clap for his brilliance.
Trump isn’t making these calls play-by-play. He set ICE loose with a quota. Shit happens. “Not like that!” His handlers are scrambling to contain the nonsense. Don’t expect it to make sense.
i think those engineers from korea uses a different visa? korea already kinda relented to trumps demands.
I think you’re slightly misstating things. Those engineers will not pay 100K, it makes no sense at all. A potential employer could pay, but there’s no chance an employee would.
I’m sure the employers definitely will
He’s a Russian asset with dementia, shepherded by a mentally ill, psychopathic, Christian Taliban.
This is the best they can do. Either way, Ji and Putin win.
Here we go again with the russian asset stuff. He’s his own asset. He doesn’t know what he’s doing, he’s inept. To think that there’s some master plan he’s trying to get at is foolish. He’s the heritage foundation’s asset if anything.
Don’t you know? Americans can’t be racist and stupid!