Sept. 23, 2025 8 AM PT
To the editor: President Trump’s proclamation “permits case-by-case exemptions if within the nationwide curiosity” (“Trump signs proclamation imposing $100,000 annual fee for H-1B visa applications,” Sept. 19). Feels like a possibility for corruption: Firms might doubtlessly keep away from the charge by doing Trump a favor.
However, in my 40-year IT profession, I noticed loads of instances the place my firm used H-1B visas to usher in overseas employees who couldn’t go work for another person, making them extra prepared to work lengthy hours for comparatively low pay.
One other advantage of discouraging overseas expert employees (and college students): a discount within the “mind drain” different international locations endure when the U.S. attracts their most expert folks. Trump might say others rob the U.S., however that is one space the place the U.S. has been robbing everybody else.
Gary Thorne, Yorba Linda
