I spent 15 years building tech in Silicon Valley on an H-1B visa, at AMD and Google. I never would've gotten my first U.S. job under this structure.
Trump’s $100,000 H-1B fee could choke off startups’ access to AI talent and widen Big Tech’s dominance
September 22, 2025
Elon Musk once vowed to ‘go to war’ for H-1Bs. Now he’s silent on Trump’s $100K fee—and smiling beside him at Charlie Kirk’s funeral
September 22, 2025
The questions companies need to ask themselves about H-1B visas
Every time new H1-B restrictions appear, jobs go to Canada.
When Trump’s announcement came, it didn’t give companies or lawyers any time to prepare. “It was timed to create pandemonium,”…
Other tech leaders, like Elon Musk, have said they will ‘go to war’ to defend the program.
President Trump imposed a new $100,000 H-1B visa fee, aiming to boost hiring of domestic workers. Yet critics argue it could…
The announcement to impose a $100,000 annual fee on H-1B visas sent shockwaves through corporate America.
The president argued U.S. companies need specialized labor from foreign workers and can’t “take people off an unemployment line…
