White House tries to tamp down corporate panic for high-skill visa holders after last-minute overhaul
www.politico.com
The Trump administration announced Friday that H-1B visas will now come with a $100,000 annual fee, but the White House says it will only apply to new visa applicants.
  • Pat_Riot@lemmy.today
    English
    27·
    8 days ago

    This doesn’t just affect corporations, it will also severely impact universities who hire professors and lecturers from all over the world on this type of visa. Schools are not going to be able to afford this, further eroding the quality of higher education in the US.

    • Benaaasaaas@group.ltEnglish
      14·
      8 days ago

      Aren’t US universities paying millions of dollars for their football coaches and stadiums? They can afford it, of course doesn’t mean they will.

      • DancingBear@midwest.socialEnglish
        51·
        8 days ago

        There are donors who donate to the sports teams and donors who donate to the academic side etc it’s different money the institutions have to keep separate

      • smh@slrpnk.netEnglish
        3·
        8 days ago

        Mine sure isn’t. We were having funding problems before the pandemic.

        • Tollana1234567@lemmy.todayEnglish
          2·
          8 days ago

          so did ours state university system in the west coast, apparently they had been suffering from enrollment issue for years(covid just made it worst because people dint learn anything by being only on online classes, plus almost no job prospects after graduations), last i read on latest news is they are enticing HS to enroll early, if they complete certain requirements(so guaranteed seats in the state uni), its a bandaid. Cant say the same for the University or UC system(which i heard is not affected for the moment.

          and pre-pandemic , people were already not happy with how little they got out of thier university(wet lab experience, x experience)

      • Pat_Riot@lemmy.today
        English
        1·
        8 days ago

        It’s not as simple as that. Where money comes from and goes to are complicated enough, but paying $100k sponsorship, per year, per person hired from abroad would be just like adding that sum to their payroll, and that would monkey wrench the gears spectacularly.