White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Saturday posted on X to clarify who will pay the new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas following confusion over when the new fee will apply.

Newsweek reached out to the White House by email outside of normal business hours on Saturday afternoon for further information.

Why It Matters

The new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas marks a significant change to the U.S. immigration system for highly skilled workers in what the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has called "Project Firewall - our plan to ensure high-skilled jobs to go to Americans first."

The visa program is integral to the tech and engineering sectors, which rely on specialized workers to fill positions where qualified U.S. workers are scarce.

This particular visa has stirred considerable d

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