US President Donald Trump has signed an Executive Order that slaps a $100,000 fee per H1B Visa per year. The earlier fee was around only $5000 per year. While a lot of Indians are concerned with the development, a lot of Americans share similar sentiments.
Many Americans have opined that the new H1B order could have a devastating impact on the American Economy. They also argue that it will not have the impact that the Trump Administration believes it will.
What Americans are saying about Trump’s H1B move
One user remarked the new H1B order will be devastating for the Medical Field. He says that almost 10,000 out of 43,000 residency spots are filled by doctors on H1B Visas.
This will be absolutely devastating in the medical field.
— Nick Mark MD (@nickmmark) September 19, 2025
~30% residents are international medical graduates & ~10k of 43k residency spots are filled by docs with H1-B visas.
Previously the h-1B fee was <$5,000.
No hospital will pay a $100k fee for a $55k resident salary. https://t.co/TVywuoBT18
Esther Crawford, a leader in the American Startup Space, says that while Big Tech will be able to absorb the fees, the startups that will suffer.
Weird seeing people who are supposedly champions of startups and Little Tech cheer on the introduction of a $100k for H-1Bs given it’ll immediately be cost prohibitive for early-stage startups to hire from that very talented pool. Big Tech can absorb the fees, startups can’t.
— Esther Crawford ✨ (@esthercrawford) September 19, 2025
Scott Lincicome stated that the Executive Order should be called the “Offshoring Innovative US Industries Act of 2025”. He is the Vice President of General Economics & Trade at the Cato Institute.
Given prior research on how R&D-intensive companies in the US respond to new limits on H1Bs (link/screenshot in next tweet), this EO should be called the "Offshoring Innovative US Industries Act of 2025" https://t.co/8EF4kXhpUq
— Scott Lincicome (@scottlincicome) September 19, 2025
Daniel D Martino said that the order will only lead to more offshoring of jobs.
No one needs an H-1B to work remotely from abroad.
— Daniel Di Martino 🇺🇸🇻🇪 (@DanielDiMartino) September 20, 2025
You are supporting a policy that will LEAD to offshoring and people will work remotely, not paying taxes in America, instead of here. https://t.co/mXlzKxq3z7
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John Soriano, Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Dallas, said that the order will act against business dynamism.
This will ensure that a higher proportion of H-1Bs will work at larger, more established companies as opposed to start-ups. Works against business dynamism. https://t.co/DDupiu7XcM
— John J.S. Soriano (@JohnJSSoriano) September 20, 2025
Concerns not just for India, but USA too
While Trump’s order on H1B Visas has given cause for concern for a lot of Indians working in USA and Indian policymakers, American experts believe that it will have a grave impact on Americans too. A lot of people are also speculating that the order will be struck down in the Courts in a few months.
Nevertheless, it only demonstrates the deteriorating India-US relations under Donald Trump. While some have opined at regular intervals that ties are improving, the order indicates further that this is not the case.
