Texas journalist Sara Gonzales who 'exposed' the H-1B 'scam' in Texas visiting H-1B employers in the state said the $100,000 fee is not going to act as a deterrent as the corporations have saved enough money by paying these employees lesser wages that they can easily spend the fee to hire H-1Bs. The new fee came into effect September 21, 2025. The registration for the H-1B cap for the fiscal year 2027 will open on March 4. All employees registering will have to keep in mind that they will have to pay $100,000 for every selected H-1B candidate.
It is too little, Gonzales said, adding that while everyone is concerned about illegal immigration, what legal immigration is doing is unprecedented and is destroying America. "You have Microsoft, Southwest, which just recently added an outsourcing center in Hyderabad India which is where most of these frauds come from. They are just funneling all of this back into their home country," Gonzales said.
