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		bamboozled 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, W... I personally think it will be abused to bring in highly undesirable people , because it will turn into a $100k ticket for criminals.

SideburnsOfDoom 3 months ago [–]

Of course, that's pretty much how the current administration thinks, see also the "Gold card visa" (1).

Specifically, the thinking "Money coming to us is desirable, therefor people who give us lots of money are by definition not undesirable people".

Well, at least dollars are more easily quantified than ethics.

1)

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/19/trump-gold-card-vis...

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/the-...

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