Businesses and individuals are reevaluating their work visas after President Donald Trump took executive action and imposed a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa applicants, a move that immigrant advocates and employers worry could hurt the economy.

Last Friday evening, Trump signed an executive order imposing a $100,000 fee for each approved H-1B visa applicant.

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The H-1B is a three-year visa that may be renewed once for an additional three years. It is largely used to bring technology workers from India and other countries stateside to staff major corporations, such as Apple

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