🌱 Patch AM: How could a $100K visa fee hit Bellevue’s tech workforce?

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In today's newsletter:

• How could a $100K visa fee hit Bellevue’s tech workforce?

Also on today's calendar: Eleventh Hour Makers Market and 8 more events.

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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: A couple of showers, with a high of 49 and low of 43 degrees.
• Thursday: Rain, temps: high: 53, low: 41.
• Friday: A couple of showers, with a high of 46 and low of 38 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• WA sues Trump admin over $100K H-1B visa fee, says it violates U.S. Constitution (thenewstribune.com) — Bellevue is highlighted as one of Washington’s top cities for H‑1B visa job applications, tying the community directly to a new federal fee that could reshape hiring. Washington’s attorney general has joined 19 other states in suing the Trump administration over a $100,000 H‑1B petition fee, arguing it’s unconstitutional and would hurt universities, research and high-skill employers statewide.
   

📸 Around Bellevue

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bellevue

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 19

• Eleventh Hour Makers Market
  Pacific Place, 600 Pine St, Seattle
  12:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Annual Holiday Pops
  Bastyr Chapel, 14500 Juanita Dr NE, Kenmore
  3:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday December 18

• Audubon Bird Walk
  Bellevue Botanical Garden , 12001 Main Street , Bellevue
  9:00 am
• Bilingual Kaleidoscope Play & Learn / 仁⼈双语幼⼉乐园
  Newport Way Library , 14250 SE Newport Way , Bellevue
  10:30 am
• Mending Circle
  Bellevue Library , 1111 110th Avenue NE , Bellevue
  11:00 am
• Makerspace Independent Study
  Bellevue Library , 1111 110th Avenue NE , Bellevue
  2:00 pm
• Garden d'Lights
  Bellevue Botanical Garden , 12001 Main Street , Bellevue
  4:30 pm
• Eric Verlinde
  El Gaucho Bellevue , 450 108th Ave NE , Bellevue
  5:30 pm

Friday December 19

• Makerspace Independent Study
  Bellevue Library , 1111 110th Avenue NE , Bellevue
  11:00 am
• Intro to 3D Printing
  Bellevue Library , 1111 110th Avenue NE , Bellevue
  4:00 pm

Sunday December 21

• Holiday Sing-Along Concert
  Unity of Bellevue , 16330 NE 4th St , Bellevue
  12:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 17

• Fitness Class: Restorative Stretch – Wednesday
  Stroum Jewish Community Center , 3801 E Mercer Way , Mercer Island
  9:45 am
• Bellevue Library Book Group
  Bellevue Library , 1111 110th Avenue NE , Bellevue
  11:00 am
• LEGO Brick Builders
  Bellevue Library , 1111 110th Avenue NE , Bellevue
  1:30 pm
• Tutors at Bellevue Library (Study Zone)
  Bellevue Library , 1111 110th Avenue NE , Bellevue
  3:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• CAT FOUND
  grey tabby white socks no collar limping Comes almost nightly to eat wasn't limping before Racquet Club Estates (Nextdoor The Lakes)
• This incident happened on Nov 26 at Bellevue sq mall parking lot.
  If this is your dog or you know anyone who it belongs to, pls make them aware. The dog was locked in this car and was barking sounding distressed… (Nextdoor NW Bellevue/Clyde Hill)

• KeyCorp posted a job opening for Lead Teller in Bellevue. Apply here.
• McDonald's Restaurants posted a job opening for Crew Team Member in Bellevue. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bellevue here.

🗞 Nearby News

Mercer Island

• MIHS marching band will soon hit the streets of London (mi-reporter.com)
• Island Youth Ballet presents annual ‘Nutcracker' performances (mi-reporter.com)
• Subject assaults officers, booked into jail (mi-reporter.com)

Redmond

• Elizabeth 'Betty' Jean Stockard, 106 (dailyinterlake.com)
• Senators Demand Accountability Amid Reports of ICE Questioning Native Americans (nativenewsonline.net)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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