increase in H1B visa costs is what Elon Musk had recommended

Easily fixed by raising the minimum salary significantly and adding a yearly cost for maintaining the H1B, making it materially more expensive to hire from overseas than domestically.

I’ve been very clear that the program is broken and needs major reform.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 29, 2024

Trump just killed the H1B visa.

Companies now have to pay $100K per year to bring foreign hi-skilled workers to the U.S.

This will dissuade them from doing so, some jobs will be offshored.

For Indian techies, the American dream just got killed. pic.twitter.com/j2Lx10ThPE

— Zakka Jacob (@Zakka_Jacob) September 20, 2025

Wait until she gets to the "You have to renew your H1B visa at the original issuing consulate" part.

I read that far 2 hours ago. *****bKMFmQduEe

— Latinx Adjacent Doctor PhD (@TonerousHyus) September 20, 2025

The H1B program was sold as bringing geniuses from Tokyo and Munich.

Instead, we got millions of discount coders while Americans who *did* learn to code can’t find a job.

Trump wants to fix it. pic.twitter.com/9DRG5GTEYt

— Peter St Onge, Ph.D. (@profstonge) August 18, 2025