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 second federal judge, Haywood Gilliam in Oakland, California, issued a ruling blocking the $100,000 fee imposed by President Donald Trump for new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers. Gilliam ruled that the US Citizenship and Immigration Services and the State Department had not followed proper rule-making processes before implementing the fee.
The decision was made in response to a coalition of unions, employers, and nonprofits who filed a lawsuit in October seeking to block the agencies from enforcing the fee until the outcome of the legal challenge could be determined. The fee had previously been blocked in June by a federal judge in Boston, but an appeals court in July declined to pause that decision.
In August, the Department of Homeland Security moved to adopt a permanent fee of approximately $103,000, which is expected to face legal challenges upon finalization. However, these lawsuits center on the president's authority rather than the specific fee amount.
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