Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee is unlawful, US judge rules
Judge Leo T. Sorokin said the fee was an unauthorized tax and cited 20 Democratic state attorneys general in the challenge.
- U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin in Boston struck down the $100,000 fee on Monday, ruling that the Trump administration's massive surcharge on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers is unlawful and invalid.
- The court concluded the steep penalty constituted an unauthorized tax, with Judge Sorokin explicitly siding with the plaintiffs by stating that the White House had overstepped its executive authority to levy such financial demands without clear congressional approval.
- The legal victory follows a high-profile lawsuit filed by 20 Democratic state attorneys general, led by California, who argued that the administration's policy would intentionally decimate local technology sectors, harm public universities, and trigger severe regional economic slowdowns.
- The $100,000 annual surcharge was originally enacted via a presidential proclamation in September, targeting newly filed non-immigrant skilled worker petitions while attempting to bypass standard federal notice-and-comment administrative rules.
- The landmark ruling provides immediate relief to corporate tech giants and academic research hubs, effectively neutralizing the administration's primary fiscal mechanism designed to deter American employers from recruiting overseas engineering, medical, and specialized tech talent.
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Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump’s $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee Requirement
US President Donald Trump. Credit: White House A federal judge ruled on Monday that the $100,000 fee Trump imposed on H-1B visa applications was unlawful, striking down one of the administration’s key immigration measures targeting skilled foreign workers. U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin of Boston found the payment was a tax, not a penalty, and that the president lacked authority to impose it without congressional approval. His 42-page ruling al…
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Court voids Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa surcharge, calls it an illegal tax
A federal judge struck down Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee, ruling it was an unlawful tax requiring congressional approval The sudden fee caused chaos last September as thousands of Indian workers rushed back to the U.S. before the policy took effect The judge rejected the administration’s argument that broad presidential discretion over immigration included fee-setting […]
Trump's $100,000 visa fee is dead in one court and alive in another, setting up Supreme Court brawl
A federal judge on Monday struck down the Trump administration’s $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas, contradicting an earlier federal court ruling upholding the fee hike. The administration announced the much-higher fee as a way of preventing foreign workers from taking American jobs. But U.S. District Court Judge Leo Sorokin in Boston sided with 20 states and struck down the visa policy, concluding that the executive branch exceeded its authority a…
US Judge Strikes Down Trump Administration’s $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee Policy
According to an Associated Press report on June 8, a U.S. federal judge ruled that the Trump administration’s policy imposing a $100,000 fee on new H-1B work visa applications is unlawful, finding that the executive branch exceeded its statutory authority. The ruling not only overturns a previous decision by another federal court that had upheld […]
Michigan AG Wins Massachusetts Court Battle To Kill Trump’s $100K Visa Tax - Tampa Free Press
A federal court in Massachusetts has officially wiped out a Trump administration policy that required employers to pay a $100,000 tax on new H-1B visa petitions. The final judgment marks a victory for a multistate coalition of attorneys general, including Michigan’s Dana Nessel, who sued to block the fee late last year. The H-1B visa […] Michigan AG Wins Massachusetts Court Battle To Kill Trump’s $100K Visa Tax
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