President Trump has implemented a significant increase in fees for companies looking to hire foreign workers through the H-1B program. The new $100,000 fee for new visa applications is a substantial jump from the previous $215 registration fee. The H-1B program allows U.S. companies to hire foreign workers in technical fields such as IT, engineering, mathematics, and medicine, with an annual cap of 65,000 visas, plus an additional 20,000 for foreign graduates with U.S. advanced degrees. The administration’s move aims to crackdown on what it sees as widespread abuse of the program, blaming it for displacing American workers and causing unemployment among recent computer science graduates.