Trump admin approves over 120,000 H-1B visas for 2026

[1srelluc]

There have been over 120,000 H1-B visas approved for 2026 in the United States after there was division among Republicans on the subject ahead of President Donald Trump taking the White House.

According to data published by US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), there have been 120,141 H1-B visas granted to foreign workers.

So far in 2025, there have been mass layoffs at different tech companies across the nation, according to Tech Crunch. January saw over 2,400 layoffs in tech, February had over 16,000, nearly 9,000 in March and over 23,000 in April.

After Trump’s election but before he assumed his role as president, the topic of the H-1B visa program and how it connects to immigration was a hotly debated topic between the tech crowd in the Republican Party as well as the America First crowd.

According to the USICS website, visa registration applications "opened at noon Eastern on March 7 and ran through noon Eastern on March 24."

Vivek Ramaswamy spoke highly of the program while Human Events Daily Host Jack Posbiec and others in the America First wing of the party slammed the program, with the main criticism being that foreign workers are able to take the jobs of Americans in the tech industry.

Better than under Biden.



On the face of it I can't really support this but I'll be the first to admit I don't have much of a clue when it comes to the needs of Big Tech.

 

[Oddball]

Modern day indentured servitude.

These visas belong to the employer, so they can treat the visiting worker like shit and they can do nothing about it.

 

[justoffal]

There have been over 120,000 H1-B visas approved for 2026 in the United States after there was division among Republicans on the subject ahead of President Donald Trump taking the White House.

According to data published by US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), there have been 120,141 H1-B visas granted to foreign workers.

So far in 2025, there have been mass layoffs at different tech companies across the nation, according to Tech Crunch. January saw over 2,400 layoffs in tech, February had over 16,000, nearly 9,000 in March and over 23,000 in April.

After Trump’s election but before he assumed his role as president, the topic of the H-1B visa program and how it connects to immigration was a hotly debated topic between the tech crowd in the Republican Party as well as the America First crowd.

According to the USICS website, visa registration applications "opened at noon Eastern on March 7 and ran through noon Eastern on March 24."

Vivek Ramaswamy spoke highly of the program while Human Events Daily Host Jack Posbiec and others in the America First wing of the party slammed the program, with the main criticism being that foreign workers are able to take the jobs of Americans in the tech industry.

Better than under Biden.



On the face of it I can't really support this but I'll be the first to admit I don't have much of a clue when it comes to the needs of Big Tech.

It's a must. With China graduating 300,000 high level engineers per year the homegrown crop
Here in the US is never going to be able to keep up.
It's a no brainer.

 

[martybegan]

Modern day indentured servitude.

These visas belong to the employer, so they can treat the visiting worker like shit and they can do nothing about it.

You know these people can choose not to take the visas and stay in their own country, right?

 

[justoffal]

Modern day indentured servitude.

These visas belong to the employer, so they can treat the visiting worker like shit and they can do nothing about it.

Does this happen?

 

[1srelluc]

The problem is that they bring their kit and kin with them on those Visas.

 

[Oddball]

Does this happen?

Yes....That how the tech bros can pay them a pittance and get away with it.

 

[Oddball]

You know these people can choose not to take the visas and stay in their own country, right?

Hmmmm...Stay in Calcutta, where they shit in the streets, working in a "customer service" boiler room for next to nothing, or come to Murica where you'll have a fighting chance after serving out your indenture to the tech oligarchs.

Yeah, that's a reeeeeeeeal tough choice.

 

[justoffal]

Hmmmm...Stay in Calcutta, where they shit in the streets, working in a "customer service" boiler room for next to nothing, or come to Murica where you'll have a fighting chance after serving out your indenture to the tech oligarchs.

Yeah, that's a reeeeeeeeal tough choice.

What are some examples of employer abuse of H1b's that you know of?

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

What are some examples of employer abuse of H1b's that you know of?

Zero H-1Bs

Who cares what happens to them? Why have sympathy for job-thieves? They don't belong here at all.