A clash over an obscure immigration policy has been brewing for months within Trumpworld , one that could threaten the Republican administration’s unlikely alliance with Big Tech .

The H-1B visa process has always been divisive, but the debate over the renewable 3-year specialist visa, popular in the tech world, has taken on a new intensity. Prominent tech leaders in the Trump coalition have squared off against an explicitly xenophobic MAGA wing that opposes H-1B on economic and identity grounds, given that the majority of H-1Bs go to Indian people .

On September 19, Trump signed a proclamation imposing a $100,000 fee on H-1B visa applicants . He also signed an executive order creating a long-promised Gold Card for foreigners to pay $1 million for U.S. residency.

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