"The commerce secretary, who is kind of in charge of this area, in his description, saidand this is what I said at the timehe said it's $100,000 per year for the I think he was talking $600,000 coming from one H-1B, and I said, That's impossible. If you're going to do that, you got to shut the program down because that makes it so economically unfeasible,' Bannon began."
"And of course, later, Karoline Leavitt had to come out and confirm, Oh no, it's just $100,000 upfront, which I said had to be the case. Well, the secretary of commerce and then he said it was for renewables. It's not for renewals. Leavitt had to come out correct. Yo, dude, you're the secretary of commerce! These are not tiny details in the document. These are in the footnotes."
The Trump administration announced a new $100,000 fee tied to H-1B visas, initially reported as an annual charge but later clarified as a one-time upfront fee for new applicants. The miscommunication generated confusion and concern in sectors reliant on high-skilled foreign workers, including healthcare and big tech. Steve Bannon criticized Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick for inaccurately describing the fee as $100,000 per year, saying such a charge would make the program economically unfeasible. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt corrected the record, noting the fee applies to new applicants and not renewals, while debate over program scope and impacts continues.
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