Date: June 8th, 2026 2:50 PM
Author: AZNgirl Covered in Lox Schmear for Lindsay Graham
Judge Strikes Down Trump Administration’s $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee
Decision finds that officials exceeded their authority by imposing the new charge on applicants for a program to admit specialized foreign workers
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June 8, 2026 2:32 pm ET
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President Donald Trump speaking in the Oval Office at the White House.
The new fee, rolled out by President Trump’s administration, had sparked chaos and concern. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
A federal judge on Monday invalidated the Trump administration’s new fees for H-1B visas, saying officials overreached in applying a $100,000 charge for new applicants to the program for foreign professionals.
U.S. Judge Leo Sorokin in Massachusetts declared the fee unlawful, siding with a coalition of states that challenged the policy and argued it hurt their ability to staff publicly run colleges and universities, primary and secondary
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