Trump administration $100,000 visa fee for highly skilled foreign workers struck down

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WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Massachusetts Monday struck down the Trump administration’s efforts to require a $100,000 visa fee for highly skilled immigrant workers, finding the policy is an unlawful tax.

Judge Leo T. Sorokin found the hefty fee placed on the H-1B visa by President Donald Trump exceeded his authority by creating a tax, something that falls under Congress’ authority.

“The President has no authority to levy a tax unless such a power is delegated by Congress through statute,” Sorokin, who was nominated by former President Barack Obama, wrote. “For these reasons, the Court finds that the Policy imposes a tax on H-1B petitions without the requisite delegation by Congress.”

The H-1B program allows a U.S. employer to hire a noncitizen worker in a specialty occupation for a maximum of six years, ranging from the technology industry to healthcare workers. At a minimum, visa applicants have to hold a bachelor’s degree.

https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/06/08/repub/trump-administration-100000-visa-fee-for-highly-skilled-foreign-workers-struck-down/

A JUDGE VOIDS TRUMP’S $100,000 TAX

Last September, the regime decided that hiring a foreign-born doctor, teacher, or researcher should cost an extra $100,000 each. Trump signed an order slapping that fee on H-1B visas—the ones Congress created in 1990 so that hospitals, schools, and universities could hire skilled workers they can’t find in America.

There was just one problem with Trump’s plan—a president can’t invent a $100,000 tax with the stroke of a pen. That takes a bill and votes in Congress.

Twenty states sued to stop it. Then on Monday, federal Judge Leo Sorokin ruled the regime had “no power or delegated authority to impose a tax,” and threw the fee out. California AG Rob Bonta, who led the lawsuit, had warned from the start: “No presidential administration can rewrite immigration law.”

Trump made up a tax nobody voted for. Now it’s gone.

https://www.dworkinsubstack.com/i/201305326/a-judge-voids-trumps-100000-tax

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1. All these reversals are effectively repudiations of them being "Official Acts"

Since it wasn't an official act, it must have been implemented as a personal request. I wish the judges would also order restitution from personal funds of the requestor for anyone who ended up paying these extortionate taxes.
If his own funds were at risk, there might be some better thought-processes applied before the actual implementations.