President dramatically raised cost of visa for highly skilled workers in executive order last year
A US judge has invalidated Donald Trump’s $100,000 annual fee on H-1B visa applications, ruling it an unlawful tax that violated federal administrative law and the constitution.
US district judge Leo Sorokin in Boston issued the 42-page ruling in a lawsuit filed by 20 Democratic state attorneys general challenging a fee Trump announced in September that dramatically raised the cost of obtaining H-1B visas… The ruling vacated the sweeping fee, which was a 20-to-50 fold increase on existing rates, and the Trump administration is widely expected to appeal.
In his ruling, Sorokin’s found that the fee amounted to a tax, rather than a regulatory restriction. Since the constitution gives Congress, not the president, the exclusive power to levy taxes, Trump lacked the authority to impose it.
I held an H1b. It’s for people with unique or advanced skills, usually requires an advanced degree, plus job offer and full explanation by employers. It’s for STEM grads. Established under the Immigration Act of 1990, the H-1B program enables U.S. employers to temporarily hire highly skilled foreign professionals in specialized occupations, primarily in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.
Most post-doctoral fellows doing medical research held H1bs, so the fee is redundant because Trump killed the NIH. H1Bs brought higher STEM expertise to the US, whose education system is not producing quality scientists because of the cost of education.
Where the fuck is this thread getting the idea this was for farm workers or skilled trades. Seems like no one here has any idea what an H1B is for.