New Delhi, Oct. 23 -- Three Republicans have joined Democrats in writing a letter to United States President Donald Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to oppose the $100,000 fee imposed on the H-1B visas for foreign talent, urging them to reconsider the new fee hike.

The Republicans who have written to the President and the commerce secretary are Representatives Jay Obernolte of California, Maria Elvira Salazar of Florida, Don Bacon of Nebraska.

They signed a letter with three Democrats - Sam Liccardo of California, Suhas Subramanyam of Virginia, and Greg Stanton of Arizona - and said that the H-1B visa fee hike would "weaken our competitiveness" against other countries.

In the letter, the representatives have said that the th...