On the one hand I feel like a $100k fee is a great way to disincentivize employers from pretending they can’t find qualified candidates in America and bring in workers they can more easily coerce.

On the other hand, the trump administration thus far has been firmly on the side of the employers so I have to imagine there’s more to this proclamation.

Based on how the administration has worked so far I imagine it will be selectively enforced as a chain they can yank if any of the tech CEOs step out of line. Show up with a golden trinket, no enforcement or some kind of waiver. Provide any kind of resistance or even just fail to fawn enough, millions in penalties.