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Federal judge rules Trump’s $100,000 fee for H-1B visas unlawful

The Guardian · Jun 8, 2026, 5:57 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

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President dramatically raised cost of visa for highly skilled workers in executive order last year. A federal judge on Monday declared a $100,000 fee that Donald Trump imposed on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers is unlawful and must be invalidated.US District Judge Leo Sorokin in Boston issued the ruling in a lawsuit filed by 20 Democratic state attorneys general challenging a fee Trump announced in September that dramatically raised the cost of obtaining H-1B visas. Continue reading...

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