‘Enough already. We’re full’: Charlie Kirk’s ‘we don’t need Indians’ remark resurfaces amid H-1B visa chaos
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Via multiple posts and podcasts, Kirk had shown he had a controversial take on immigration from India, which is mostly that of skilled professionals, particularly in the tech sector.
Donald Trump's close ally, Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated on September 10 in Utah, said just days before he was killed that America does not need more visas for Indians. His controversial remark has surfaced on social media in which he said America was “full" and it was time to put “our own people first".
This came after the US President announced major changes to the H1B visa programme on Friday. America has announced $100,000 annual fee for H-1B visa applications, which will come into effect from September 21, 2025. The remarks of the 31-year-old have been termed "xenophobic" by critics.
Via multiple posts and podcasts, Kirk had shown he had a controversial take on immigration from India, which is mostly that of skilled professionals, particularly in the tech sector.
“America does not need more visas for people from India. Perhaps no form of legal immigration has so displaced American workers as those from India. Enough already. We’re full. Let’s finally put our own people first," Kirk wrote on X on September 2.
The post was in response of to Fox News host Laura Ingraham, who had argued that any US trade deal with India would likely require offering more visas. “I’d rather not pay them in visas and trade deficits," Ingraham had posted, to which Kirk offered his absolute agreement.
Trump slaps $100,000 fee on H-1B visas
US President Donald Trump on Friday (Sep 19) signed a proclamation hiking the annual fee for H-1B visas to $100,000. The H-1B program allows American companies to bring in highly skilled foreign workers, many of them from countries like India. Now, every visa application will cost employers $100,000 a year on top of existing filing fees and salaries. "They (US-based companies) need workers, we need great workers. This proclamation ensures that America will now get good workers," said Trump as he signed the proclamation in the Oval Office on Friday.
