Trump’s H-1B Visa Proclamation Challenged In Court Over ‘Unlawful’ USD 100,000 Application Fee | World News
In the first major local legal challenge for H-1B visa pressure, a group of unions, educational experts and religious organs filed a lawsuit against Trump administration.
In a lawsuit filed in the northern part of California, the plaintiffs argued that Trump’s announcement signed on September 19 was full of “multiple mistakes ve and that the“ H-1B Visa program ignored the benefits of the American economy ”.
The case also emphasized that the visa application fee of 100,000 dollars is “unprecedented, unjust and illegal”.
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“The imposition of the declaration on a ruthless wage is unseen.
The complaint said that “the President has no authority to change the comprehensive legal plan created by the Congress as a unilateral” and that the exceptions option “opens the door of selective practice and corruption”.
The plaintiff includes many migration and advocacy groups, including the Justice Action Center, South Asian American Justice Cooperation and Democracy Advanced Foundation, but there is no leading technology company.
While signed the statement, Trump said, “the incentive is to hire American workers,” he said.
“We need workers. We need great workers and this provides almost this, Tr Trump added.
Trade Secretary Howard Lutnick defended the movement, saying that policy would prevent companies from hiring foreign workers.
“So, all ideas will not train foreign workers of these large technology companies or other big companies. They have to pay $ 100,000 to the government, then they have to pay to employees. So you are not economical. You will educate one of the recent universities.
The declaration caused a tremendous confusion because he thought it would affect existing H-1B visa holders who may face return to the United States.
On September 20, the White House issued a statement to IANS, saying that it was a “one -time fee” that valid for new visas, not renewals or existing visa holders.
Days later, the US Department of Internal Security (DHS) also suggested to “change regulations olan regulating the H-1B visa process.
The DHS plan tried to scrape the existing lottery system and to implement a weighted election process in which he said he would support the allocation of H-1B visas to higher skilled workers.
The Indian-born workers received more than 70 percent of the total H1-B visas approved in 2024 due to a large accumulated work in approval and a large number of skilled immigrants from India.
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