H-1B Visa Blow: Judge says Trump’s $100K fee is lawful despite harm to businesses

The US court has given the go-ahead to Trump’s $100,000 H-1B petition fee. A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration can implement a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa applications. The US Chamber of Commerce and the Association of American Universities were the plaintiffs in the case. They argued that either Congress must have directly legislated the fees (as it has for many fees applicable to H-1B petitions) or Congress must have explicitly delegated that authority to the Executive, while imposing limitations on the delegated authority.