Trump Administration Cuts Farmworker Hiring Costs While H-1B Fee Hike Strands Thousands

• •The Trump administration is lowering costs for hiring foreign farmworkers amid a farm labor shortage, per the New York Times.
• •An executive order issued last fall raised the H-1B visa fee to $100,000, stranding thousands of workers overseas and creating ongoing confusion, according to The Verge.
• •Politico's social media analysis found administration accounts largely stopped using the phrase 'mass deportations' after Feb. 12.
• •The policies take opposing approaches to different labor segments, easing agricultural hiring while raising barriers for skilled workers.

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