Second judge blocks Trump's $100,000 fee for new H-1B worker visas
A second federal judge on Wednesday blocked an unprecedented $100,000 fee that US President Donald Trump has imposed on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers. US District Judge Haywood Gilliam in Oakland, California, ruled that US Citizenship and Immigration Services and the State Department failed to follow necessary rule-making processes before implementing Trump's fee. Gilliam,…
On Wednesday, a federal judge in Oakland, California, blocked an unprecedented $100,000 fee imposed by President Donald Trump on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers. The judge, Haywood Gilliam, ruled that US Citizenship and Immigration Services and the State Department did not follow proper rule-making procedures before implementing the fee.
Gilliam, appointed by former President Barack Obama, granted a request by a coalition of unions, employers, and nonprofits to halt the agencies from enforcing the fee while their lawsuit against it progresses. The fee was previously blocked in June by a federal judge in Boston in a separate case brought by 20 states. However, an appeals court in Boston declined to pause that decision in July.
The Department of Homeland Security has since moved to adopt a permanent fee of approximately $103,000, which, once finalized, will likely face legal challenges. These ongoing lawsuits have centered on the president's authority.
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