H-1B fee hike: Every country would kill to get IIT graduates, says Yale scholar

Yale scholar Gautam Mukunda slammed US President Donald Trump's decision to increase the H-1B visa fee to $100,000, warning that such a move would harm America's long-standing advantage to attract world-class talent.

Mukunda reiterated that the policy change is “economically unsound” and would put the US at a disadvantage in the global race to hire highly qualified professionals, especially as other countries become increasingly competitive to tap the same pool of talent.

He noted that “every country in the world would kill to get the best IIT graduates”. “But America is throwing this asset away for no reason. This H1B visa decision makes no sense at all,” he added.

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