India, Sept. 21 -- The White House has defended US President Donald Trump's decision to impose a $100,000 (over Rs.88 lakh) fee on new H-1B visa applications, releasing a factsheet that cites cases of American workers being replaced by lower-paid foreign labour.

Defending the decision to overhaul the rules, the White House said in its statement that the share of IT workers with H-1B visas has risen from 32% in FY 2003 to over 65% in recent years.

Sharing details of companies that have removed American workers by those holding H-1B visa, the White House said one of the firms approved for 5,189 H-1B workers in FY 2025, while laying off roughly 16,000 U.S. employees this year.

The facesheet referred to another company approved for 1,698 H...