California, other states sue Trump administration over $100,000 fee for H-1B visas
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California and a coalition of other states are suing the Trump administration over a policy charging employers $100,000 for each new H-1B visa they request for foreign employees to work in the U.S.— calling it a threat not only to major industry but to public education and healthcare services.“As the world’s fourth largest economy, California knows that when skilled talent from around the world joins our workforce, it drives our state forward,” said California Atty.
Gen.Rob Bonta, who announced the litigation Friday.
Business The Trump administration’s plans to charge a fee for new H-1B visa petitions has sparked backlash from tech companies that are also trying to strengthen their relationship with the president.President Trump imposed the fee through a Sept.19 proclamation, in which he said the H-1B visa program — designed to provide U.S.
employers with skilled workers in science, technology, engineering, math and other advanced fields — has been “deliberately exploited to replace, rather than supplement, American workers with lower-paid, lower-skilled labor.”Trump said the program also created a “national security threat by discouraging Americans from pursuing careers in science and technology, risking American leadership in these fields.”Bonta said such claims are baseless, and that the imposition of such fees is unlawful because it runs counter to the intent of Congress in creating the program and exceeds the president’s authority.He said Congress has included significant safeguards to prevent abuses, and that the new fee structure undermines the program’s purpose.“President Trump’s illegal $100,000 H-1B visa fee creates unnecessary — and illegal — financial burdens on California public employers and other providers of vital services, exacerbating labor shortages in key sectors,” Bonta said in a statement.
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