USCIS updated its Policy Manual on Oct 27: the $4,500 9-11 Biometric Fee now applies to L-1 extensions filed by covered employers (50+ US staff, over half on H-1B or L-1), not just new hires. In effect since Sep 9.
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DHS's own count: L-1 petitions paying that fee fell from 5,592 in FY2018 to 844 in FY2025, down 85%. DHS projects 1,600 L-1 extensions newly paying in FY2026, about $7.2 million.
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‼️BREAKING EXCLUSIVE LEAK:
10/28 Microsoft Company Wide AMA Meeting LEAKED
“We are going to be global. And we are going to continue to bring global talent to the United States.”
“We want to recognize it’s super important we take care of the people (green card workers).”
This comes just 2 days after Microsoft asked nearly 60k of its employees to voluntarily resign in an effort to downsize.
The employee who leaked this clip of the meeting to me was one of many who have expressed concerns to me. Multiple Microsoft employees have told me they feel as though MSFT doesn’t give them the same amount of respect and care.
Many Microsoft employees are asking why H-1B workers aren’t the first to be cut during a downsize since MSFT claims none of the downsizing is performance based.
Employees are curious why American workers aren’t being put first in the United States.
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Wrong again @pass_blue. Under the 1947 UN Headquarters Agreement the headquarters district in NYC is in fact still US territory and US law applies there unless specified otherwise.
You should actually read the agreement. I did.
Mike Waltz, US envoy to UN, is confused as he shouts at Cuban diplomats, saying: "This is America!" but the UN is international territory: UN 101
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The UN headquarters district remains US territory under the 1947 Headquarters Agreement, where federal, state and local US law applies except as otherwise provided; the agreement grants inviolability but does not transfer sovereignty to the UN.
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Marco Rubio has signed the paperwork to EXPEL the Cuban delegate accused of shoving and attempting to assault an American diplomat and melting down at the United Nations.
UN Ambassador Mike Waltz: “He’s gone. He is going to be on a plane to Havana within the next 24 hours.”
25,620: the yearly per-country cap on preference green cards, per the November 2026 Visa Bulletin. For EB-3 skilled workers, India's final action date is Jan 22, 2014. For most other countries: June 15, 2024.
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1st preference (EB-1) is current for most countries in November. For India-born applicants the date is Feb 1, 2023; for China-born, Aug 1, 2023.
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As their own people suffer at home in Cuba, the Castro family frolics on yachts in the Mediterranean.
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Not in the United States of America. 🎯 @USAmbUN
The Castro regime has profited at the expense of the Cuban people with luxury cars, expensive watches and a private island resort. As I shared this with the world, regime thugs rushed the stage to interrupt my speech.
They can intimidate their own people in Cuba but think again about trying that nonsense in the United States of America.
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In 6 months of work at Microsoft she accomplished a small font kerning change to CoPilot.
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Democrats want to turn on endless H-1B right as Microsoft wants to toss 60,000.
Why are you voting for the people who want you and your family exterminated?
2,807 PERM certifications for Fast Food and Counter Workers in FY2026 through Q3, third among all occupations. Software Developers led with 23,499 of 104,028 total.
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830,710 specialty-occupation positions certified on LCAs (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3) in the same period. Applications denied: 2,557.
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Today is October 27, 2026 - the border is CLOSED, the streets are SAFER, we’re BUILDING things in America again, and Donald J. Trump is the President of the United States of America. 🇺🇸
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Sometimes I think I’m too paranoid about all this Communist takeover stuff and then I look at Brazil and realize I’m not nearly paranoid enough
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Microsoft is potentially laying off thousands of employees - not a single visa for Microsoft until these workers get back their jobs!
