20 states file lawsuit against US government on $100,000 H-1B visa fee; say: No presidential administration can rewrite …

The US government is facing a new ‘problem’ over the H-1B visa fee, that was implemented a few months ago. California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that he, along with 19 other US states, has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s policy of hiking the fee on new H-1B visa petitions to an “unprecedented” $100,000. Bonta argued that the increased costs for the skilled-worker visa are illegal because they surpass what Congress approved and run counter to the intent of the program.

“No presidential administration can rewrite immigration law. No president can ignore the coequal branch of government of Congress, ignore the Constitution, or ignore the law.” Bonta said in a press conference in San Francisco (as reported by Politico).=