Trump H-1B Crackdown Spurs Texas Suburb Housing Correction Near Dallas, Frisco, Prosper, Celina

The Trump administration’s H-1B crackdown is being linked to a housing correction in Texas suburbs north of Dallas, where Indian H-1B workers had helped drive a boom in places like Frisco, Prosper, and Celina.

“A federal judge on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to impose $100,000 fees on work visas that are heavily used in the tech sector, a blow to that industry”

Le Temps

WION says that during the four-year period ending 30 September 2024, nearly 32,000 new H-1B approvals were issued in the Dallas area, and it adds that Texas is now home to 544,641 Indian residents.

Le Temps

In Collin County, WION reports home prices fell nearly 9% in February from a year earlier, compared with a 4% decline across the broader Dallas-Fort Worth metro area, and it says Tradition Homes’ South Asian buyer share dropped from 70% to below 30%.

The New York Post similarly ties the cooling market to Trump’s “H-1B clampdown” and mass tech layoffs, saying home prices fell nearly 9% year-over-year as of February, more than double the 4% drop across the broader Dallas-Fort Worth metro, according to Redfin data.

It also says the federal government granted nearly 32,000 new H-1B approvals in the Dallas area alone during the Biden administration, citing US Citizenship and Immigration Services data via a Bloomberg investigation.

Multiple outlets describe a $100,000 fee imposed on new H-1B petitions as a central element of the crackdown, with rts.ch reporting that Donald Trump announced the measure in September and that Federal Judge Beryl Howell said the proclamation was within Congress’s broad statutory powers.

rts.ch quotes Howell saying, "Congress has granted the president broad statutory powers, which he has used to promulgate the proclamation in order to address, in the manner he deems appropriate, a problem he considers to fall under economic and national security."

New York Post

Le Temps reports that a federal judge upheld the $100,000 fees, describing it as a “blow to that industry,” and it adds that the ruling said, "The ruling 'and its implementation are lawful and thus withstand the plaintiffs' challenges,'".

WION says Trump’s presidential proclamation of 19 September 2025 mandated that new H-1B petitions carry a $100,000 fee, and it adds that the random H-1B lottery was replaced with a salary-weighted selection system that took effect on 27 February 2026.

WION further claims that FY2027 H-1B registrations have plummeted by 38.5 per cent, as Indian IT firms are simply not applying.

Beyond fees and selection changes, VisaHQ says the Trump administration expanded social media disclosure rules on December 26 to include all H-1B visa applicants and potentially all travelers from countries in the Visa Waiver Program.

“Donald Trump had announced in September this measure regarding H-1B visas, which allow foreign workers with specific qualifications (scientists, engineers, or computer programmers) to come to the United States to work”

rts.ch

VisaHQ reports that applicants must provide the identifiers they have used over the past five years, and it says algorithms flag content deemed 'anti-American', extremist, or linked to misinformation.

It adds that immigration lawyers report visa refusals for clients who posted tweets in support of Palestinian rights or who criticized U.S. foreign policy, and it says appeals can take months, with no travel possible during that time.

WION also describes state-level actions in Texas, saying Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered an immediate freeze on all new H-1B visa petitions by state agencies and public universities, and it says Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an H-1B probe and expanded it in late April 2026.

The New York Post frames the same broader shift as part of a policy response from Washington, saying Trump directed the Department of Housing and Urban Development to bar non-permanent residents, including H-1B visa holders, from accessing FHA-insured mortgages starting May 25, 2025.