WAKE COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- A new visa plan from the Trump Administration is creating uncertainty for hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. who are on H-1B visas.

The H-1B program essentially helps employers hire skilled tech workers from overseas. But the White House is upending the program with a $100,000 fee for new H-1B visas , in effect as of early Sunday.

"People have been importing talent for years and years. So the question is, where are you going to be able to find that talent?" John Pennett said.

Pennett leads the National Technology and Life Sciences Group at EisnerAmper LLP. As companies navigate the uncertainty, Pennett said the new plan could potentially have an impact here in the Triangle.

"The technology and innovation economy in North Carolina has been at th

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