A federal judge has ruled against the nation’s largest business lobby in a case that’s trying to stop a fee increase for the H-1B visa. That’s the visa that allows foreign workers in industries like tech and medicine to come to the U.S.
Under a proclamation issued by President Donald Trump earlier this year, employers applying for H-1B visas for their workers will be required to pay $100,000.
The change was met with multiple legal actions — including one lawsuit filed by Arizona and 19 other states, which argued the fee is unconstitutional.
As Reuters reports, the lawsuit ruled on this week was filed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and argued the new policy will harm hospitals and other employers who rely on highly skilled foreign work. U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell ruled to allow the new fee as part of presidential powers to regulate immigration.
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Every year, Arizona State University Barrett Honors College professor Abby Wheatley brings her class on transnational migration to the Arizona borderlands. -
The U.S. Border Patrol has a new leader: Rosario Vasquez has been named chief of the agency. -
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Recipients of the Obama-era DACA program, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, are being detained and sometimes deported, despite their status.
