The discussion about visas might, in fact, be a debate over where the next wave of technology will be established.
The H-1B visa program has for years served both as a conduit for talent and a flashpoint in political arguments. When abrupt changes occur, as recently happened after the Trump administration dramatically increased the visa fee, the effects ripple around the world. Company chiefs, founders, and former big-tech staff have chimed in, each underscoring a different angle of the dispute.
These discussions expose how profoundly Silicon Valley has depended on immigrant expertise.
Taken together, their viewpoints sketch a fractured landscape—one faction worried about America’s allure to skilled workers, another urging more targeted reform, and a third confronting the reality that U.S. schools may not be producing enough “builders.”
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