H-1B visas are issued to highly skilled non-Americans whose training and resumes are valued by companies based here, from small start-ups to massive high tech operations that are already mega-successful and are looking to become even more so.

Now that President Donald Trump’s administration has pushed the price of the visa from a few thousand dollars and legal fees that average around $10,000 to an extraordinary $100,000, only the biggest, already thriving American companies will be able to pay the price for new expertise.

That may be fine for Trump’s new-found billionaire friends in the Silicon Valley C suites. But it is lousy for start-up entrepreneurs just beginning to create their dreams of similar success. In fact, it’s a terrible thing for American business in general; makes no eco

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