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Tech companies scrambled today to get their foreign workers back to the U.S. after President

Trump announced a drastic hike in visa fees. It applies to the H-1B visa for high-skilled

jobs, which previously cost $215. The president's proclamation requires a $100,000 fee.

Microsoft, J.P. Morgan, and Amazon all told their employees on those visas not to leave the country,

and if they're currently

overseas to get back by midnight tonight.

That's according to internal emails reviewed by Reuters.

India and China account for the highest number of H-1B visa applications, and in India some

saw a silver lining to the move.

It's a big hit for the tech talent, but also on the other side, I think it will be good

for India because it could be a reverse brain drain in the legs where people can work here.

The Trump administration argues companies use H-1B visas to hire foreign-born workers for cheaper wages.

Overnight, the U.S. conducted its third strike this month on a boat alleged to be smuggling drugs. President Trump announced it in a social media post, along with unclassified video.

He said three narco-terrorists were killed.

The president did not reveal where it happened except to say it was in the

U.S. Southcom area of responsibility, which includes the Caribbean and Central and South America.

The prosecutor involved in the mortgage fraud investigation against New York's Attorney General

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