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Second judge blocks Trump’s US$100,000 fee for new H-1B worker visas
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A second federal judge on Sept 30 blocked an unprecedented US$100,000 (S$127,700) fee that US President Donald Trump has imposed on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers.
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US District Judge Haywood Gilliam in Oakland, California, ruled that US Citizenship and Immigration Services and the State Department failed to follow necessary rule-making processes before implementing Trump’s fee.
Gilliam, appointed by then-President Barack Obama, a Democrat, granted a request by a coalition of unions, employers and nonprofits to block the agencies from implementing Trump’s fee pending the outcome of a lawsuit they filed in October.
The fee was temporarily blocked in June by a federal judge in Boston, ruling in a separate case brought by 20 states.
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A Boston-based appeals court in July declined to pause that decision.
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The Department of Homeland Security in August moved to adopt a permanent fee of about US$103,000 that, when finalised, will likely be challenged in court.
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But that will involve different legal issues than lawsuits over the fee set by Trump.
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These suits have focused on the president’s power to set such a fee unilaterally.
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The US$100,000 fee was originally set to expire Sept 21 but Trump, a Republican, recently extended it for another year.
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The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Democracy Forward, a left-leaning legal group that represents the plaintiffs, applauded the ruling in a statement.
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“Today’s decision ... protects a system that was thrown into chaos overnight,” said Steve Bressler, a lawyer with the group.
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The US Chamber of Commerce, the country’s largest business lobbying group, has filed a third lawsuit challenging the fee.
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The chamber is appealing a judge’s decision rejecting its claims that Trump had no authority to set the fee.
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The H-1B programme allows US employers to hire foreign workers with training in specialty fields.
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Technology companies in particular rely heavily on workers who receive H-1B visas.
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The programme offers 65,000 visas annually, with another 20,000 visas for workers with advanced degrees, approved for three to six years.
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Trump’s order sharply raised the cost of obtaining H-1B visas, which had typically come with about US$2,000 to US$5,000 in fees, depending on various factors.
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In imposing the fee, Trump invoked the president’s power under federal immigration law to restrict the entry of certain foreign nationals that would be detrimental to US interests.
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He said businesses had abused the H-1B programme and replaced American workers with cheaper foreign labour.
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The Trump administration has also ordered enhanced vetting of H-1B applicants and proposed a new visa selection process that would favour higher-skilled and better-paid workers.
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