JD Vance backs proposed new H-1B fee: Companies should ‘hire and train Americans’

Vice President JD Vance backed a proposed $103,265 fee for employers filing cap-subject H-1B petitions, stating that American companies should "hire and train Americans." The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed the fee, projecting about $8.8 billion in annual revenue to support various federal immigration agencies. This fee would apply broadly to petitioners but not to cap-exempt H-1B petitions.