Donald Trump’s $100,000 annual fee on US Employers Axes the H1B Visa Program

In a bold yet controversial move, US President Donald Trump has imposed a USD 100,000 annual fee on the US employers – tech firms that rely on the affordable skilled workforce outside the US. The decision primarily hits the Indian workforce who form a major chunk of the H1B visa applicants. In the hours following Trump’s signing of the order, Indians in the US on H-1B visas were engulfed in widespread fear, and anxiety.  Many lawmakers in the US called the move reckless and…