Trump Administration Sued By Chamber Of Commerce Over $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce challenges the fee as unlawful and warns it will limit access to skilled workers for American businesses, citing provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
- On Thursday, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce filed a legal challenge in the District of Columbia federal court against the Trump administration's $100,000 fee for H-1B visa petitions.
- President Donald Trump last month issued an executive order and a Sept. 19 proclamation imposing a one-time fee on new H-1B petitions.
- The lawsuit argues that the executive action unlawfully overrides the Immigration and Nationality Act by detaching fees from government costs and warns the president lacks authority to impose fees unilaterally.
- The chamber warned that businesses would face higher labor costs or fewer hires, while a coalition of unions sued, saying hospitals, schools and churches face workforce shortages.
- The H-1B program serves high-skilled tech, engineering and science roles, includes up to 85,000 advanced-degree slots, and major petitioners like Amazon, Meta and Apple face competition from China’s recently launched K visa.
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US Chamber of Commerce Sues Trump Over $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas for foreign workers. The business group said in its lawsuit that a proclamation issued by Trump in September to impose the fee on new H-1B visa applications is federal overreach and would disrupt the U.S. visa system. The H-1B program allows U.S. employers to hire foreign workers in specialty fields, and technology companies in partic…

US Chamber of Commerce sues Trump administration over $100,000 H-1B visa fee
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is suing the Trump administration for imposing a $100,00 annual fee for new H-1B visa applications, claiming the fee is unlawful and would significantly harm U.S. businesses. In a federal lawsuit filed Thursday in Washington D.C., the Chamber asks the court to declare that President Donald Trump exceeded the executive branch’s authority by imposing the fee and bloc federal government agencies from enforcing it. New H…
U.S. Commerce Chamber Files Lawsuit Over $100,000 on H-1B Visa Petitions - teleSUR English
The fee will make it cost-prohibitive for U.S. employers to retain global talent. On Thursday, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce filed a lawsuit over the Trump administration’s 100,000-dollar fee on H-1B visa petitions, saying that the fee will make it cost-prohibitive for U.S. employers to retain global talent. RELATED: Mexico Condemns ICE Raids, Criminalization of Migrants The litigation dismissed the new fee as “unlawful” because it overrides prov…
U.S. Chamber of Commerce sues Trump admin over $100,000 H-1B visa fees
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has filed a major lawsuit against the Trump administration over a $100,000 annual fee on H-1B visas, calling it unlawful and economically damaging to American businesses.
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