President dramatically raised cost of visa for highly skilled workers in executive order last year

President dramatically raised cost of visa for highly skilled workers in executive order last year

A US judge has invalidated Donald Trump’s $100,000 annual fee on H-1B visa applications, ruling it an unlawful tax that violated federal administrative law and the constitution.

US district judge Leo Sorokin in Boston issued the 42-page ruling in a lawsuit filed by 20 Democratic state attorneys general challenging a fee Trump announced in September that dramatically raised the cost of obtaining H-1B visas… The ruling vacated the sweeping fee, which was a 20-to-50 fold increase on existing rates, and the Trump administration is widely expected to appeal.

In his ruling, Sorokin’s found that the fee amounted to a tax, rather than a regulatory restriction. Since the constitution gives Congress, not the president, the exclusive power to levy taxes, Trump lacked the authority to impose it.

  • tehn00bi@lemmy.world
    57·
    3 days ago

    Ok, but, was this really an issue? Like how is having a 100k fee for H-1B visa issuance a problem?

    <<< was laid off after training my H-1B visa holding employee. Fuck that program.

    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      2 days ago

      Well it doesn’t really solve the problem.

      One positive externality Trump probably didn’t consider is that adding an extra $100k fee might loosen their chains a little bit as employers would have a sunk cost fallacy.

    • SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de
      4·
      3 days ago

      In his ruling, Sorokin’s found that the fee amounted to a tax, rather than a regulatory restriction. Since the constitution gives Congress, not the president, the exclusive power to levy taxes, Trump lacked the authority to impose it.