The federal government has announced a $103,265 fee for each of the 85,000 H-1B workers annually imported by companies, prompting an uproar in India.
The proposed change comes as President Donald Trump needs to rebuild public support before the November election. Companies now employ at least 730,000 non-immigrant H-1B contract workers in jobs needed by American college graduates, helping to spike the unemployment and underemployment rates for computer science graduates up to 26 percent.
The fee is getting much coverage in the Indian media because the H-1B program plays a large role in the Indian economy. The change will be strongly opposed by…
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