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The VCs and the founders warn that the costs of $ 100,000 will make H-1B prohibitive sponsorship for startups, not large technologies, and will cause talents outside the United States-long-standing entrepreneurs and venture capital ring the alarm on the new H-1B costs of President Trump which would have an impact on technological companies and workers they hire abroad.
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