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Trump’s H-1B visa move comes after congressional inaction
['Chris Johnson', 'Posted September']
Roll Call
President Donald Trump’s proclamation creating a $100,000 fee for the hiring of foreign workers through the H-1B visa program came after years of congressional inaction on the immigration system, and is a move some experts say exceeds his authority to act without Congress and will likely be challenged in court.
Grassley reproached the business community over concerns about the increased H-1B fees, saying in a social media post Saturday they should have supported congressional efforts for reform when they had the chance.
“I read tech cos &biz groups dislike Trumps $100,000 H1B fee,” Grassley, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote Saturday.
The Indiana Republican’s bill calls out Big Tech and seeks to raise the wage floor for H-1B visas from $60,000 to $150,000 and require an employer to pay an H-1B visa holder the greater of the annual wage paid to a U.S. worker for that job.
1 company that has hired with H-1B visas, has been muted.
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