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Appeals court denies Trump’s bid to allow $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas

Three-judge panel of Democratic appointees let stand lower court’s ruling that fee constitutes an unlawful tax

A federal appeals court on Friday rejected a ?bid by Donald ?Trump’s administration to halt a judge’s order preventing it from imposing a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas for ?highly skilled foreign workers.

The Boston-based first US circuit court of appeals declined to put on hold a lower court judge’s ?8 June ruling in a lawsuit filed by 20 Democratic state attorneys general, ?striking down the fee on the ?basis that it ?constituted an unlawful tax Congress never authorized.

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Jul 24, 2026 Trump administration Law (US) US work & careers

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