Staff Reports
President Trump’s recent proclamation slamming a $100,000 fee onto new H‑1B applications has lit the media on fire, and the usual suspects are shrieking that he’s “torched” the tech industry. Good — about time someone stopped pretending that a $215 lottery fee was serving American workers instead of corporate profits.
The White House made the point plainly: make employers pay a price that forces them to hire and train Americans, not import cheaper labor as a first resort, while rolling out new “gold” and “platinum” investment pathways for those who can actually add value here. Conservatives who love American manufacturing and tech jobs should welcome bold steps that put our citizens ahead of foreign labor pipelines, even if the left and elites whine about process.
Predictably, the Beltway business cartel didn’t take the news lying down — the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has already filed suit, proving once again that the Chamber speaks for multinational management, not Main Street. If big corporations want a global talent farm, they can build it on foreign soil; they don’t get to hollow out American wages and then lecture the public about the rule of law when someone finally fights back.
Economists and overseas governments are griping that the fee could slow growth and upset supply chains, and yes, there will be legitimate debates about implementation. But when major tech companies chronically prefer foreign hires who can be paid less and controlled more, that is a policy problem worth fixing — American workers deserve better than being treated as an expendable cost line.
Meanwhile, conservative influencers who once demanded the abolition of H‑1B programs are being dragged back into the spotlight as their old tweets resurface. Charlie Kirk’s blunt “end all H1B type visa programs and student visa programs NOW” line is now being waved like a cudgel by critics who say the administration isn’t going far enough or is acting hypocritically — the point being, pressure from patriots forced the issue into the open.
For clarity: this proclamation does not automatically deport current H‑1B holders or sweep away every pathway for skilled immigration overnight, and there are technical carve‑outs and legal wrinkles that smart people are parsing. The fight is not about cruelty to skilled workers; it’s about forcing employers to stop gaming the system and making sure visas aren’t a subsidy to corporate greed.
At the end of the day, real conservatives should stop apologizing for wanting Americans first. The elites and the Chamber can sue and the left can scream, but bold policy changes are what break entrenched special‑interest games. If that means some square journalists and pundits get their feelings hurt, so be it — stand with American workers and hold leadership accountable to results, not performative tweets.
