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mahatmakanejeeves

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Mon Dec 8, 2025, 08:15 PM Monday

Rural America relies on foreign doctors. Trump's visa fee shuts them Out. [View all]

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oh hey look it’s the thing literally everyone said would happen

‪The Washington Post‬
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Two months after President Donald Trump signed an executive order restricting H-1B visas, soaring costs are roiling rural health care facilities that have long struggled to find staff.

Rural America relies on foreign doctors. Trump’s visa fee shuts them out.
The Trump administration’s demand for companies to pay a $100,000 fee to hire an immigrant worker using an H1B visa has created turmoil among rural health providers.
wapo.st
2:17 PM · Dec 8, 2025

oh hey look it’s the thing literally everyone said would happen

GOLIKEHELLMACHINE (@golikehellmachine.com) 2025-12-08T19:17:18.039Z

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The Washington Post
‪@washingtonpost.com‬

Two months after President Donald Trump signed an executive order restricting H-1B visas, soaring costs are roiling rural health care facilities that have long struggled to find staff.

Rural America relies on foreign doctors. Trump’s visa fee shuts them out.
The Trump administration’s demand for companies to pay a $100,000 fee to hire an immigrant worker using an H1B visa has created turmoil among rural health providers.
wapo.st
10:30 AM · Dec 8, 2025

Two months after President Donald Trump signed an executive order restricting H-1B visas, soaring costs are roiling rural health care facilities that have long struggled to find staff.

The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) 2025-12-08T15:30:10.088054601Z
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