The US Chamber of Commerce has sued the Trump administration over a new $100,000 fee on H-1B visas, arguing it will harm American businesses and the tech sector, while the White House defends the fee as a necessary reform to prevent abuse of the visa program.
The US Chamber of Commerce has filed a lawsuit to block a $100,000 fee imposed by the Trump administration on employers hiring H-1B visa workers, arguing that it exceeds legal authority and would harm US businesses, especially small and mid-sized ones, by making the program prohibitively expensive.
A coalition of groups has filed a lawsuit to block the $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applications, arguing it disrupts critical sectors like healthcare and education, and is an illegal overreach by the Trump administration, which claims the fee is to prevent exploitation of the visa program.
A coalition of unions, educational, religious, and small business groups sued the Trump administration over a new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas, arguing it was unlawful, bypassed congressional authority, and would harm various sectors across the U.S.