{"id":114801,"date":"2026-06-09T20:17:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T15:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=114801"},"modified":"2026-06-09T20:17:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T15:17:30","slug":"us-court-blocks-trumps-100000-h-1b-visa-fee-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/us-court-blocks-trumps-100000-h-1b-visa-fee-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"US court blocks Trump\u2019s $100,000 H-1B visa fee policy"},"content":{"rendered":"
WASHINGTON DC: A <\/span>judge <\/span>has <\/span>blocked <\/span>President <\/span>Trump’s <\/span>controversial <\/span>$100,000 <\/span>fee <\/span>for <\/span>H-1B <\/span>visa <\/span><\/a>applications <\/span>from <\/span>being <\/span>implemented, <\/span>ruling <\/span>it <\/span>was <\/span>illegal <\/span>and <\/span>outside <\/span>presidential <\/span>power.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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The <\/span>Trump <\/span>administration <\/span>overstepped <\/span>the <\/span>Constitution <\/span>with <\/span>the <\/span>fee <\/span>because <\/span>Congress <\/span>did <\/span>not <\/span>approve <\/span>of <\/span>its <\/span>implementation. <\/span><\/span>US <\/span>Federal <\/span>District <\/span>Judge <\/span>Leo <\/span>Sorokin <\/span>stated, <\/span>“the <\/span>executive <\/span>branch <\/span>does <\/span>not <\/span>have <\/span>the <\/span>power <\/span>to <\/span>do <\/span>that”.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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The <\/span>$100,000 <\/span>fee, <\/span>deemed <\/span>a <\/span>tax <\/span>no <\/span>matter <\/span>the <\/span>way <\/span>it <\/span>was <\/span>presented, <\/span>“has <\/span>the <\/span>characteristics <\/span>of <\/span>a <\/span>tax,” <\/span>but <\/span>the <\/span>court <\/span>concluded <\/span>that <\/span>the <\/span>executive <\/span>branch <\/span>had <\/span>no <\/span>legal <\/span>right <\/span>to <\/span>enforce <\/span>it <\/span>on <\/span>applications <\/span>for <\/span>H-1B <\/span>visas. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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The <\/span>case <\/span>was <\/span>initiated <\/span>by <\/span>20 <\/span>US <\/span>states, <\/span>including <\/span>California, <\/span>which <\/span>claimed <\/span>the <\/span>change <\/span>would <\/span>have <\/span>drastic <\/span>consequences <\/span>on <\/span>businesses <\/span>and <\/span>skilled <\/span>workers <\/span>from <\/span>abroad.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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The <\/span>Department <\/span>of <\/span>Homeland <\/span>Security <\/span>described <\/span>the <\/span>judgment <\/span>as <\/span>an <\/span>example <\/span>of <\/span>“judicial <\/span>activism” <\/span>following <\/span>the <\/span>court’s <\/span>decision. <\/span><\/span>The <\/span>H-1B <\/span>visa <\/span>was <\/span>introduced <\/span>by <\/span>Congress <\/span>in <\/span>1990 <\/span>and <\/span>allows <\/span>US <\/span>businesses <\/span>to <\/span>hire <\/span>skilled <\/span>professionals <\/span>from <\/span>abroad <\/span>for <\/span>temporary <\/span>positions <\/span>of <\/span>up <\/span>to <\/span>six <\/span>years <\/span>in <\/span>niche <\/span>fields.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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There <\/span>is <\/span>an <\/span>annual <\/span>cap <\/span>of <\/span>65,000 <\/span>visas <\/span>from <\/span>Congress, <\/span>with <\/span>an <\/span>additional <\/span>20,000 <\/span>visas <\/span>available <\/span>to <\/span>those <\/span>with <\/span>graduate <\/span>degrees. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Before <\/span>the <\/span>proposed <\/span>change, <\/span>sponsoring <\/span>employers <\/span>only <\/span>had <\/span>to <\/span>pay <\/span>around <\/span>$1,700 <\/span>to <\/span>$4,500 <\/span>per <\/span>application <\/span>to <\/span>fund <\/span>the <\/span>H-1B <\/span>program, <\/span>and <\/span>now <\/span>that <\/span>figure <\/span>has <\/span>risen <\/span>to <\/span>$100,000 <\/span>by <\/span>the <\/span>Trump <\/span>administration.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON DC: A judge has blocked President Trump’s controversial $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applications from being implemented, ruling it was illegal and outside presidential power. The Trump administration overstepped the Constitution with the fee because Congress did not approve of its implementation. US Federal District Judge Leo Sorokin stated, “the executive branch does not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":36938,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[31296],"class_list":["post-114801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-h-1b-visa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114801"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114802,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114801\/revisions\/114802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}