Judge voids Trump's $100,000 fee for new H-1B visas
Reporting cited here
- ruled unlawful
On June 8, 2026, Judge Leo Sorokin held that the $100,000 H-1B payment was a tax that Congress had not authorized the president to impose and vacated implementing policy; subsequent stay and appellate proceedings affect enforceability but do not erase the district court's stated holding.
June 8, 2026 ruling, taxing-power holding, and vacatur$100,000 H-1B payment was judicially treated as an unauthorized tax · District court held the payment unlawful June 8, 2026; stay and appeal proceedings followed.