Second Judge Blocks Trump's $100,000 Fee for New H-1B Worker Visas - BusinessWorld Online
The ruling leaves Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee blocked while a lawsuit over agency rule-making continues, and employers warn the policy could raise hiring costs.
- District Judge Haywood Gilliam in Oakland, California, blocked President Donald Trump's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas on Wednesday, ruling that agencies failed to follow necessary rule-making processes before implementation.
- Trump imposed the $100,000 fee, sharply raising costs from the typical $2,000 to $5,000 range, invoking federal immigration law to restrict foreign nationals he claimed were detrimental to American interests.
- Technology companies rely heavily on the H-1B program, which offers 65,000 visas annually with another 20,000 for workers with advanced degrees, approved for three to six years.
- Democracy Forward applauded the ruling, with lawyer Steve Bressler saying it protects a system "thrown into chaos overnight." The US Chamber of Commerce has filed a third lawsuit challenging the fee.
- The Department of Homeland Security moved in August to adopt a permanent $103,000 fee that will likely face future legal challenges, following a Boston-based appeals court's earlier refusal to pause a temporary block.
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On Sept. 18, the White House issued a fact sheet announcing an executive order renewing the $100,000 fee President Donald Trump first imposed on all newly issued H-1B visas last September. That fee was initially upheld by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., and collected for months, but a federal judge in Massachusetts later reached […]
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Second US judge blocks USD 100,000 H-1B fee
Washington: A second US federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing its $100,000 fee on certain H-1B visa petitions, handing another legal setback to a policy with significant consequences for Indian professionals. US District Judge Haywood S. Gilliam Jr. of the Northern District of California ruled that federal agencies failed to follow required … Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News, Technology, Entertainment, Sp…
Second federal judge blocks Trump’s $100K H-1B visa fee
The US District Court for the Northern District of California on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump’s $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers, marking the second time a federal court has enjoined enforcement of the policy. Applauding the court’s decision, Steve Bressler, senior legal adviser at the group Democracy Forward, stated: The administration tried to financially punish companies with an arbitrary, unauthor…
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