How are startups supposed to afford this? How are talented H-1B workers supposed to start companies? And no, the answer is not always an O-1. I know plenty of foreign founders contributing meaningfully to the US economy, now slapped with a 100k fee.

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newfriend 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Hire Americans.

	▲	N2yhWNXQN3k9 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Ever live somewhere that isn't a city, but has access to talent from a local university? No one is sticking around to be hired for $70k a year when they can make $120k a year in a city. Yet, there are plenty of hires due to a local migrant population, which commonly has generational support. This disrupts that. It hurts more than migrants. It hurts communities.

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fooey 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

they're not, it's a moat

	▲	technocrat8080 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		Great, let's punish early stage startups instead of rewarding the successful ones.