U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio updates U.S. President Donald Trump on the Gaza proposal during a roundtable on antifa, an anti-fascist movement Trump designated a domestic “terrorist organization” via executive order on September 22, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 8, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
A United States (US) federal judge has overturned a policy introduced by President Donald Trump that imposed a $100,000 (approximately £78,000) fee on employers applying for H-1B visas.
In a ruling delivered in the US District Court in Massachusetts, Judge Leo Sorokin declared that the visa payment policy violated both the federal Administrative Procedure Act and the U.S. Constitution.
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Judge Sorokin ruled in favour of the 20 states that brought the lawsuit, concluding that “the substance and application of the $100,000 payment reveal that it is a tax,” a
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