On September 19, 2025, President Trump issued a proclamation placing new restriction on H-1B specialty-occupation workers. The proclamation posits that the H-1B visa program has been deliberately exploited to replace American workers with lower-paid, lower-skilled labors. This large-scale replacement of American workers, the President reasons, has undermined the country’s economic and national security. As a result the President has now declared that the entry of H-1B visa workers is now restricted to those whose petitions are accompanied by a $100,000 payment or who receive a national-interest exemption.
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Presidential Proclamation – Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers
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