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The White House rolls out big changes to a popular visa program, leaving U.S. tech companies in a state of frantic confusion.

Plus, a slew of Western countries recognize a Palestinian state in a significant shift in foreign policy.

The cycle of violence must end. A mask can play no role in a future Palestinian state. But Australia is also very clear

that we want to see and end to the loss of innocent life, whether it be Israeli or Palestinians.

And have you noticed your Starbucks brista acting especially friendly lately? It's not a coincidence.

It's Monday, September 22nd. I'm Caitlin McCabe

for the Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and

business stories moving your world today. We start today with big updates on the immigration front,

with President Trump signing a proclamation

that will add a $100,000 fee to visas for skilled foreign workers. The changes to so-called

H-1B visas, which for more than three decades have allowed companies to bring foreign workers

to the U.S. temporarily, are set to deal a blow to U.S. white collar industries.

Tech companies, Amazon, Google, and Tesla are among the biggest users of the visas,

with the workers overwhelmingly coming from India to fill software development, engineering, and other jobs.

Michelle Hackman covers immigration policy for the journal, and she says the White House's

announcement late

Friday kicked off a weekend of chaos and confusion. They put out this order that made it look like

any H-1B visa holder that's currently outside of the country would be caught up in this and

basically wouldn't be allowed back into the country unless they paid $100,000.

This set off a mad scramble across corporate America to try to locate every single one of

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