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We're about to lose a lot of foreign STEM workers

NPR | By Wailin Wong,
Darian Woods, Corey Bridges, Kate Concannon
Published September 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM EDT
President Trump at a White House event where he announced a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas.
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President Trump at a White House event where he announced a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas.

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Wailin Wong
Wailin Wong is a co-host of The Indicator from Planet Money.
Darian Woods
Darian Woods is a co-host of The Indicator from Planet Money.
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Corey Bridges
Corey Bridges is an assistant producer at NPR's daily economics podcast, The Indicator from Planet Money. Bridges enjoys covering stories ranging from public policy to the economics of sports. At The Indicator, he has worked on stories about how certain environmental regulations can impede climate progress and others about how college athletes are taking advantage of their name, image and likeness.
Kate Concannon
Kate Concannon is the Supervising Senior Editor at The Indicator from Planet Money. She leads this small, collaborative team of hosts, reporters and producers in making sense of crucial, but often complex and confusing, economic news in just 10 minutes a day.
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