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[–] 2656768? 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Lots of people not reading this so let me TLDR. The fee was originally added in 2010 and limited to 5 years. Congress is allowing the fee to lapse. So this is Congressional inaction. From what I can find there aren't even Democrats trying to get a renewal passed at present. And it doesn't even apply to most big companies as it requires at least 50% of total employees to be H1-B.

Personally, the fee should have been expanded to all H1-B as long as our unemployment rate is so high. When we have lots of unemployed it should be more expensive to bring people in from outside the country to work.