H1B Visa Row: The Trump administration’s latest move to dramatically raise H-1B visa fees has sparked sharp criticism from immigration experts and scholars, who argue that the policy is not only misguided but also legally unsound. While the hike in visa fee is already impacting US firms, including tech giants like Apple, Google and Microsoft, the decision is likely to be challenged before the US courts.

Immigration lawyer Charles Kuck described the policy as a diversionary tactic rather than a serious reform. “America has 175 million people working right now. The H-1B visa allows just 65,000 foreigners with advanced degrees. This is nothing for us. The visa fee hike is an attempt to rile the masses up so we don’t look at what’s really going on,” Kuck said in an interview.

He went a step

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