Federal judge rules Trump’s $100,000 fee for H1-B visas unlawful

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

A federal judge on Monday declared a $100,000 fee that Donald Trump imposed on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers is unlawful and must be invalidated.

US District Judge Leo Sorokin in Boston issued the 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.

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Reuters contributed reporting