U.S. President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Friday, Sept. 19, to restrict entry into the United States of certain “H-1B aliens” as nonimmigrant workers, requiring a $100,000 payment to accompany or supplement H-1B petitions for new visa applications with the aim of curbing “abuses that displace U.S. workers and undermine national security.”

An H-1B visa is a nonimmigrant visa that allows U.S. employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations, jobs requiring at least a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent, usually in fields like technology, engineering, or finance.

White House officials issued a fact-sheet Saturday, Sept. 20, in efforts to clarify the impact of the proclamation which, according to the White House, “restricts entry for aliens as nonimmigrants

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