{"id":21571,"date":"2026-06-09T07:15:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T07:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/trump-slams-us-courts-after-100000-h-1b-visa-fee-slapped-by-him-struck-down-really-crazy\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T07:15:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T07:15:58","slug":"trump-slams-us-courts-after-100000-h-1b-visa-fee-slapped-by-him-struck-down-really-crazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/trump-slams-us-courts-after-100000-h-1b-visa-fee-slapped-by-him-struck-down-really-crazy\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump slams US courts after $100,000 H-1B visa fee slapped by him struck down: &#8216;Really crazy&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"storyParagraphFigure\" readability=\"35\">\n<p class=\"content\">US President Donald Trump on Tuesday reacted to a US federal court striking down a $100,000 fee he imposed on H-1B visas last year, calling the legal move a step that would hurt the country.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"artImage leadImage\">\n<div class=\" \"><picture class=\"leadImageClass\"><source media=\"(min-width:768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/ht-img\/img\/2026\/06\/09\/550x309\/Trump-9_1780987026920_1780987043914_3b6466c0-7eef-4bec-a827-7850e5a0eb70.jpg\" alt=\"US President Donald Trump gestures as he steps off Air Force One, early Tuesday. (AP Photo)\"><\/source><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class>US President Donald Trump gestures as he steps off Air Force One, early Tuesday. (AP Photo)<span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"content \">US District Judge Leo Sorokin was behind the recent ruling, in which he deemed the steep visa fee &ldquo;unlawful&rdquo; and one which was never authorised by the Congress. When asked about the court order, Trump told reporters: &ldquo;These federal judges are really giving us a hard time. It&rsquo;s really crazy what&rsquo;s going on with the court system&hellip; They&rsquo;re hurting our country very badly.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">The H-1B visa program, of which Indians make up a large proportion of recipients, applies to employers seeking to &ldquo;hire nonimmigrant aliens as workers in specialty occupations or as fashion models of distinguished merit and ability&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">The $100,000 fee was imposed in September 2025, when Donald Trump signed a proclamation adding the fee to H-1B applications.<\/p>\n<div class=\"content \" readability=\"34.34309623431\">\n<h2>Relief for Indians, but for how long?<\/h2>\n<p>Back when the fee was first introduced, it had caused worry among Indians, who constitute for about 70% of the visa holders in the US. The Boston court&rsquo;s order, hence, comes as a big relief for Indians.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"content \">&ldquo;We welcome the Massachusetts federal court&rsquo;s decision striking down the USD 100,000 H-1B visa fee, which restores predictability and fairness to the employment-based immigration system,&rdquo; Khanderao Kand, Chief of Policy and Strategy at the Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies (FIIDS), told news agency <i>PTI<\/i>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p class=\"content \">Not just the Indian community, employers in the US who rely heavily on skilled workers from outside the country, are also relieved after the Boston court&rsquo;s order.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">However, it is not certain how long the relief could stay. A White House spokesperson indicated that the order will be challenged in an appellate court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">&ldquo;The H-1B programme has been abused for decades, and President Trump finally took action to fix it,&rdquo; White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers said, according to a <i>Bloomberg <\/i>report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">&ldquo;A federal judge in Washington already upheld a nearly identical order, and the administration is confident this order will be reversed on appeal,&rdquo; Rogers added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"content \" readability=\"35\">\n<h2>What did the court order say?<\/h2>\n<p>US President Donald Trump&rsquo;s decree dramatically increasing the cost of the popular visa is an unlawful tax and must be vacated, US District Judge Leo T Sorokin in Massachusetts said in a Monday ruling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"content \">The judge said that Trump lacked the authority to impose the fee, and sided with California and 19 other states who moved the court against the fee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/migrant-acquitted-in-first-trial-over-us-border-military-zones\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">Migrant acquitted in first trial over US border military zones<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><sub><\/sub><\/p>\n<div>Trump slams US courts after $100,000 H-1B visa fee slapped by him struck down: &lsquo;Really crazy&rsquo;<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump on Tuesday reacted to a US federal court striking down a $100,000 fee he imposed on H-1B visas last year, calling the legal move a step that would hurt the country. US President Donald Trump gestures as he steps off Air Force One, early Tuesday. (AP Photo) US District Judge Leo&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/trump-slams-us-courts-after-100000-h-1b-visa-fee-slapped-by-him-struck-down-really-crazy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Trump slams US courts after $100,000 H-1B visa fee slapped by him struck down: &#8216;Really crazy&#8217;&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21572,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}