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.

President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington on Aug. 5, 2025. Win McNamee/Getty Images

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.