Appeals court upholds block on Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee

A federal appeals court on Friday rejected the Trump administration's bid to halt a judge's order blocking a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas. The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals let stand a June 8 ruling that the fee, imposed by President Trump in September, constituted an unlawful tax Congress never authorized. The lawsuit was filed by 20 Democratic state attorneys general. The H-1B program, heavily used by tech companies, typically involved fees of $2,000 to $5,000 before the increase.