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		wahnfrieden 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, W... If they can pay a $100k fee, they can pay a similarly higher wage instead

abirch 7 months ago [–]

This makes sense if H1-Bs are about lack of talent instead of cheap labor.

wahnfrieden 7 months ago | [–]

That's what they're supposed to be about. OP proposed a way to put that into practice. Of course it is abused for cheap labor

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