If the $100k fee was then designated for STEM scholarships for underserved students, this policy would be continued even by the democrats. If the justification of H1B is that the US does not produce enough engineers, let’s financially encourage the domestic supply.

Many of the benefits are degraded or destroyed when the game is shifted immediately and drastically. People fear the game may experience more seismic shifts, so they don't take chances or make major investments.

Even if you like this policy as an end goal, the implementation is pants on head stupid.

Didn’t H1B fees already pay for training ?

It's true they may agree in principle that the program needs reform. But culture war isn't policy. The actual policy implementation would look very different when motivated by good faith vs. hating brown people.

This is not how funding works.

Yeah. It would go to fund education. Sure. Funding education is totally on brand for modern conservatives.