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H-1B visa approval rates have reached 97.6% in the first full fiscal year of Trump's second term, matching or exceeding Biden-era levels and far surpassing the restrictionist approach of Trump's first term when denial rates peaked at 24% for new petitions. The high approval rate has fractured the MAGA coalition, pitting tech-aligned figures like Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy against immigration restrictionists like Steve Bannon and Laura Loomer, while the administration simultaneously imposes a controversial $100,000 fee on new H-1B petitions that is now the subject of multiple federal lawsuits.