Judge Blocks Trump’s $100,000 Fee for H-1B Visas

The policy implementing the fee ‘imposes a tax on H-1B petitions without the requisite delegation by Congress,’ the judge concluded.

People arrive before the start of a naturalization ceremony at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Miami Field Office in Miami on Aug. 17, 2018. Wilfredo Lee/AP Photo

President Donald Trump’s $100,000 fee for H-1B visas is not legal, a federal judge said on June 8.

The fee for visas for specialty foreign workers “imposes a tax on H-1B petitions without the requisite delegation by Congress,” Judge Leo Sorokin of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts said in a 42-page decision.