It just got easier for your company to hire immigrant tech workers

As President Trump has cracked down on all kinds of immigration, tech workers and students have been caught in the crosshairs. In a bid to curb use of the H-1B visa—a program that allows employers to hire skilled talent from abroad and is widely used across the tech industry—Trump imposed a whopping $100,000 fee on new applications last year. 

The steep cost of hiring H-1B workers has already had an impact on tech companies and other employers that have come to rely on the visa, leaving...