Elon Musk has long defended the H-1B visa as “a vital tool for attracting global talent,” he added that “H1B makes America strong”. Billionaire and Vivek Ramaswama, then the leaders of the Ministry of government efficiency (DOGE), defended the H-1B visa to help us hire the best talent in the world and remain competitive.
“The reason I am in America, along with so many critical people who built SpaceX, Tesla and hundreds of other companies that make America strong, are because of H1B,” Musk wrote on December 27, 2024.
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What was Tesla accused of a visa court?
On September 12, 2025, Tesla Inc. faced The lawsuit with the priority of visa holders over the Americans to reduce their job costs. The complaint said Tesla hired estimated 1,355 visa holders, while released more than 6,000 domestic workers, the “vast majority” of whom she considered to be US citizens.
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“While visa staff only make up a fraction of the United States’ labor market, Tesla prefers to hire these candidates over American citizens, as it can pay less visa employees less than Americans who do the same work, which is a practice known as” wage theft “,” she said.
What is the American increase in H-1B fees?
On Friday, US President Donald Trump announced that companies would have to pay “up to $ 100,000” to a foreign employee to ensure H-1B visa. The purpose of increasing fees, effective on September 21, 2025, is to ensure that “American companies hire more American talents” while sending “less valuable foreign workers back to their home countries”.
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Trump described the H-1B program as a “systematic abuse”, especially using IT outsourcing companies and called the abuse of “threat of national security”. He also said that the program made “even more demanding for university graduates trying to find a job,” because employers can hire foreign workers “with a considerable discount for American workers”.
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How will Indian technical staff affect fees?
Sophie Alcorn, an immigration lawyer, said that this step is likely to “reduce employment mobility and will restore costly” for thousands of Indian technology. She warned that “employers can hesitate to sponsor or maintain H-1B employees, especially early career experts,” he pushes some to consider the transition to countries like Canada, Great Britain, Sae or Saudi Arabia.
How dominant are Indian nationals in the H-1B program?
Indian nationals represented “71% approved by H-1B VISA petitions” in the fiscal year ending in September 30, 2024, with “computer-related occupation” accounts for 64% of recipients who received an average salary of $ 120,000. H-1B visa usually last “up to three years”.
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