Second judge blocks Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee

Second judge blocks Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee

OAKLAND, California — 1 Oct 2026, A second federal judge on Wednesday blocked an unprecedented US$100,000 fee imposed by President Donald Trump on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers. US District Judge Haywood Gilliam in Oakland ruled that US Citizenship and Immigration Services and the State Department had failed to follow required rule-making […]

Second judge blocks Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee

OAKLAND, California — 1 Oct 2026, A second federal judge on Wednesday blocked an unprecedented US$100,000 fee imposed by President Donald Trump on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers. US District Judge Haywood Gilliam in Oakland ruled that US Citizenship and Immigration Services and the State Department had failed to follow required rule-making […]