Judge blocks Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee

CNBC June 08, 2026 3 views

A federal judge vacated President Donald Trump's policy imposing a $100,000 fee for employers' H-1B visa applications.
The policy violated the federal Administrative Procedure Act and the Constitution, Judge Leo Sorokin declared in the ruling.
A federal judge on Monday vacated President
Donald Trump's policy imposing a $100,000 fee for employers' H-1B visa applications.
The visa payment policy violated the federal Administrative Procedure Act and the Constitution, Judge Leo Sorokin
declared in the ruling in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts.
The H-1B policy was created in 1990 and is heavily used by U.S. tech giants to bring in high-skilled workers from overseas.
Trump implemented the $100,000 fee in a
presidential proclamation last September in order to restrict the program, arguing that its misuse has undermined American economic and national security through the "large-scale replacement of American workers."
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<small>Source: CNBC</small>

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