Trump’s steep H-1B visa fee…

“THE FEAR IS that if you have truly exceptional talent overseas, those people are definitely going to be missing out.”

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Large tech and IT firms have traditionally dominated the H-1B programme, the primary pathway to US careers for foreign workers with at least a bachelor’s degree. They claim most of the 85,000 visa slots available each year.

Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers have claimed that companies use the programme as a cheap alternative to American workers, although H-1B employees must be paid a “prevailing wage” for their industry and early-career H-1B workers typically garner well above the US median wage.