US judge blocks Trump's $100,000 fee for skilled visa applications

Federal Judge Leo Sorokin on Monday blocked President Donald Trump's $100,000 fee on H-1B visa applications for highly-skilled workers, ruling in a 42-page decision that the measure usurped Congress's taxation powers and constituted an unlawful tax. The fee was part of a broader immigration crackdown by the Trump administration, which raised visa costs from $5,000 to $100,000. A previous ruling by a different federal judge upheld the fee in December but is currently being appealed.