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High-Skilled Immigration Makes America Great

Release Date
2025-10-13
Media
The Independent Institute
Summary
President Donald Trump initially reduced the number of high-skilled H-1B visas but later spoke positively about them. However, he has now imposed a massive new $100,000 fee, which will drastically reduce high-skilled immigration. Previously, fees were $2,000–$5,000, and annual caps were around 85,000 visas, typically oversubscribed.

High-skilled immigrants, especially in STEM fields, fill roles that native-born Americans cannot, boost productivity, create complementary jobs, and often found major companies such as Tesla, Microsoft, and Google. They rarely commit crimes and contribute more in taxes than they consume in government services.

With the U.S. workforce shrinking due to low birth rates and retiring baby boomers, limiting high-skilled immigration is economically unwise. Meanwhile, China is introducing a new “K visa” to attract STEM workers, and the U.S. fee increase may drive talent there instead.

To strengthen the U.S. economy and maintain technological competitiveness with China, Trump should remove the new H-1B fee and significantly raise the visa cap, allowing more high-skilled workers to immigrate.
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