Summary
Twenty U.S. states, including California and New York, are suing the Trump administration to challenge a new $100,000 fee on H-1B visas. These visas allow employers to hire foreign workers with specialized skills when they can't find qualified U.S. workers. The states argue the fee is too high and should be declared unlawful.
Key Facts
- The Trump administration imposed a $100,000 fee on H-1B visas.
- H-1B visas help employers bring in skilled workers from other countries.
- The lawsuit against the fee is led by California and Massachusetts.
- The H-1B visa program is mainly used in science, technology, hospitals, universities, and research.
- The U.S. limits H-1B visas to 85,000 each year.
- Twenty states have joined the legal challenge, claiming the fee is excessive.
- The lawsuit is filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
- This is the first lawsuit against the fee brought by U.S. states, although other groups have also challenged it.
