Rep. Beth Van Duyne, R-Texas, says the Trump administration's proposed $100,000 H-1B visa filing fee would help crack down on alleged abuse she argues is costing Americans jobs and undermining the program's original purpose.
The Department of Homeland Security is proposing a $103,265 fee on certain H-1B visa petitions, raising the cost for employers seeking to hire foreign workers […] Source
The draft rule the agency published Monday would apply to individuals hired within the U.S., Bloomberg reported, and it would be added to all petitions for H-1B workers.
The H-1B visa program is intended to import skilled foreign workers when Americans are unavailable to fill a position.
H-1B visa filings surged in eight suburban districts in Texas between fiscal years 2019 and 2025, according to federal labor data.
A new study has revealed a significant rise in H-1B visa filings in suburban Texas districts, raising potential concerns about wage suppression and job competition. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: - DETAIL: According to a new analysis by LayoffHedge, which tracks corporate layoffs, all eight of the fastest-growing districts for H-1B demand are in Texas. The Third Congressional District, which is represented by Representative Keith Self (R-TX), saw the largest increase in filings, with a 242 percent increase over the six-year period. The study reviewed 6.9 million federal Labor Condition Applications (LCAs), a required step in the H-1B visa process. The rise in H-1B filings in these districts bucks the trend of a nationwide decline.…Open
‘It only makes sense to remove this buffer. ’
The invesitgation aims to further President Trump's goal to end foreign violence on American soil and return jobs to the American people.
The Department of Labor's latest agenda says the agency plans to restructure the Program Electronic Review Management system.
The surge in H-1B visa renewals highlights ongoing issues with large-scale legal immigration and broad exemptions from annual caps.
The surge in H-1B visa renewals highlights ongoing issues with large-scale legal immigration and broad exemptions from annual caps. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: H-1B visa renewals are set to reach a record high in fiscal year 2026, with 273,026 petitions for continuing employment already approved in the first nine months, according to a LayoffHedge analysis of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) data. This figure is close to the 291,542 renewals approved in fiscal year 2025, which was the previous record. DETAIL: The surge in renewals comes as the Trump administration has sought to reform the H-1B program, including proposals to impose a $100,000 fee on certain new petitions and replace the random lottery system with a…Open
The Trump administration has announced that it will appeal an Obama-appointed federal judge's ruling striking down the new $100,000 fee on H-1B visas.
The Trump administration is challenging a federal judge’s decision to strike down a $100,000 fee on H-1B visa applications, hindering the President’s push to incentivize companies to hire American workers. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Trump administration has announced that it will appeal a federal judge’s ruling striking down the new $100,000 fee on H-1B visas. DETAIL: On Monday Judge Leo Sorokin, appointed by Barack Obama, ruled that the new $100,000 fee on H-1B visas functioned as a tax and therefore required authorization from Congress. As Congress had not voted to impose the fee, Sorokin argued that the fee hike exceeded the President’s constitutional authority. On Thursday, the Trump administration declared that it…Open