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Commentary By Jason L. Riley

Florida Man Attacks H-1B Workers

Gov. Ron DeSantis tries to out-Trump Trump with his anti-immigrant rhetoric. Both men are off base.

Is Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis trying to out-Trump the president? It sure looks like it.

In September the White House announced that it is attaching a $100,000 fee to new petitions for H-1B visas, which allow employers to hire college-educated foreign nationals. Last week Mr. DeSantis announced that he would “pull the plug on the use of these H-1B visas” to hire workers at state universities.

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Jason L. Riley is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a columnist at The Wall Street Journal, and a Fox News commentator. Follow him on Twitter here.

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