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Fortune
Eva Roytburg

One of Silicon Valley’s most prominent Democrats just called Trump’s $100k H-1B visa fee a 'great solution'

Netflix founder and Co-CEO Reed Hastings speaks with his hands raided during the New York Times DealBook Summit in the Appel Room at the Jazz At Lincoln Center on November 30, 2022 in New York City. (Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

As tech leaders across Silicon Valley blasted President Donald Trump’s new $100,000 H-1B visa fee as a threat to innovation, Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings broke ranks, calling it “a great solution.”

In an X post on Sunday, Hastings said he has worked on H-1B politics for three decades and argued the steep cost would reserve visas for “very high-value jobs,” eliminating the lottery and giving employers more certainty.

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