Judge blocks Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee

CNBC ^ | 06/08/2026 | Kevin Mreuninger

[thegagline]

A federal judge on Monday vacated President Donald Trump’s policy imposing a $100,000 fee for employers’ H-1B visa applications.

The visa payment policy violated the federal Administrative Procedure Act and the Constitution, Judge Leo Sorokin declared in the ruling in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts.

The H-1B policy was created in 1990 and is heavily used by U.S. tech giants to bring in high-skilled workers from overseas. The program allows U.S. employers to seek government permission to hire a nonimmigrant workers in specialty occupations for up to six years.

Trump implemented the $100,000 fee in a presidential proclamation last September in order to restrict the program, arguing that its misuse has undermined American economic and national security through the “large-scale replacement of American workers.”

Prior to the change, H-1B visa fees had ranged from $2,000 to $5,000 per application, CNBC previously reported. ***

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; fee; injunction; interference; judgewatch; judicialfiat; patterm; tinpotjudges; undermining; visa

[thegagline]

Absolutely no pattern to see here:

U.S District Court Judge Leo Sorokin vacated Trump’s imposition of a $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applications.

U.S. District Court Judge Randolph Moss (Ruled that “86 47” is not a threat of violence against Trump; Suspended our national border; ruled that a Trump executive order to defund NPR and PBS violated the First Amendment and is therefore "unlawful and unenforceable)

U.S. District Court Judge James E. Boasberg (denied the Trump administration’s request to reconsider the legality of two subpoenas targeting the Federal Reserve, after he blocked them last month. ;holding the Trump Administration in contempt for not returning the plane full of Venezuelan gang members; injunction against deportation of Venezuelan gang members ; released a person who threatened to disembowel the president ; ordered that members of the Tren de Aragua gang who were previously deported must be returned to the United States at taxpayers expense.; blocks Trump Administration from Jerome Powell

U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs (Order Trump to reinstate immigrationstatuus of hundreds of thousands of otherwise illegals who were granted waivers under the Biden Administration; Blocked Trump from canceling Harvard’s student visa program, student visa holder’s unfettered access to the United States; ordered Trump to restore 2.2 billion dollar funding to Harvard)

Judge Karin Schwartz (ordered the reinstatement of commercial drivers licenses to illegals, refugees, and asylum seekers)

U.S.District Judge Michael Farbiarz (Blocked Trump from deporting Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Hamas agitator)

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer (Ordered Trump to end California Guard deployment in Los Angeles; Ruled that the National Guard cannot be used to protect federal officers engaging in immigration enforcement; Ordered Trump to immediately turn over control of the National Guard to Gavin Newsom)

Judge Amy Berman Jackson ordered that Trump must fund the far left Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell ( Impeachment, January 6th, ordered no warrantless arrests illegals etc),

U.S. District Court Judge James E. Boasberg (holding the Trump Administration in contempt for not returning the plane full of Venezuelan gang members; injunction against deportation of Venezuelan gang members ; released an individual who threatened to disembowel the president )

U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart ( approved FBI raid on Trump’s Mar-a-lago residence

U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan (Presided over the E. Jean Carroll sexual assault case; ordered Trump to release funds to NYC that were withheld because NYC is a sanctuary city)

U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman (blocked Trump from defunding/punishing the NY MTA over congestion pricing)

U.S. District Judge Hellerstein (Blocked Trump from deporting illegal alien gang members under the Aliens Enemies Act)

U.S. District Court Judge Adam Abelson, (injunction against Trump terminating DEI grants and programs )

U.S. District Court Judge Alvin Hellerstein, (twice rejectedTrump’s effort to move his hush money criminal case from New York state court to federal court)

U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander ( Blocked DOGE from accessing Social Security Administration records)

U.S. District Court Judge Paul Engelmayer(Injunction DOGE Dept of Treasury, referred to Trump as a tyrant),

Judge Arthur Engoron (NY civil fraud case- levied $350,000,000 fine on Trump)

Shenna Bellows (Maine Secretary of State-Ordered Trump off the ballot )

Senator Blumenthal said the ICE agents will shoot and kill families at the airports.

Mayor Jacob Frey (Told ICE to Get the f--- out of Minneapolis; odered the police not to protect ICE agents who were being assaulted)

Brandy Shufutinsky, (director of the Education and National Security Program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Both groups are fomenting violence against ICE)

Rep. Debbie Wasserman- Schultz( co-sponsored legislation to remove Trump from the ballot; stated that Trump is a larger threat to America than Islamic terrorists; blamed increased antisemitism on young White men),

Jeffrey Goldberg (dual US-Israel citizen, former member of the Israel Defense Forces, leaked classified Signal meeting details in possible controvention of the the Espionage Act and the Official Secrets Act)

Marc Elias( over 60 lawsuits attacking voter ID laws),

Merrick Garland

Jena Griswold (Colorado Secretary of State, ordered Trump off the ballot ),

George Soros,

Reid Hoffman (financial support for E Jean Carroll),

Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin( financing the violent attacks against Tesla),

Judge David Ezra (stayed Texas law that permitted the arrest of illegals ),

Alejando Mayorkas,

Norm Eisen (152 lawsuits and counting against the Trump Administration)

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (Called for mass mobilization and disruption against Republicans-“These Republicans cannot know a moment of peace.”

Senator Michael Bennet (Blocked 80 Trump nominees)

Senator Elissa Slotkin (Impeachment, “war plan” against Trump)

Senator Chuck Schumer (Called for Trump 45 and 47 impeachment)

Senator Jon Ossoff (Called for Trump to be impeached in 2025)

Adam Schiff ( impeachment, evidence of Russian collusion)

Rep. Laura Friedman (colluding with state AGs to engage in lawfare against Trump)

Senator Brian Schatz (Holding up over 300 of Trump’s nominations )

Rep. Jamie Raskin ( threatened foreign governments that support Trump, co-sponsored legislation to keep Trump of the ballot)

Senator Chuck Shumer (led government shutdown in an attempt to preserve benefits for illegals; multiple threats against Trump)

Rep. Sara Jacobs (Congress- Bill to defund DOGE)

Organizers and funders of Not a King/ Anti-ICE protests:

George Soros

Alex Soros

Marc Benioff

Marc Zuckerberg

Hansjörg Wyss

Leah Greenberg,

Ezra Levin

Robert Weissman

, Donna Lieberman

Randi Weingarten

[Highest Authority]

Pretty soon the communists are going to run out of judges!

[TLI]

That is what PR Statehood is for.

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[Governor Dinwiddie]

It is sad that the majority of those judges are Jewish. President Trump is the only major politician defending Israel and the Jewish people.

[usafa92]

Here’s a novel concept. Stop issuing H-1B visas. Problem solved.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Almost EVERY one of them is Jewish.

[jroehl]

STEM college degrees have the highest post graduate unemployment rate of any serious academic program now. H-1B is serious white male replacement theory put into practice. This is national suicide.

[Wuli]

Maybe its time for another Conservative Andrew Jackson - O.K., you made your ruling, now try to enforce it.

[thegagline]

I believe it is 100%.

[packagingguy]

I’ve posted same before but it’s hard to not come to the conclusion that courts are perhaps among the most poorly operating workplaces.

A trucker must follow Good Distribution Practices.

A laboratory technician must follow Good Laboratory Practices.

A farmer follows Good Agricultural Practices.

A factory worker follows Good Manufacturing Practices.

Judges on the other hand appear to do whatever the h3ll they please, without the discipline and rigor expected from your every day worker.

[Longdriver69]

the absolute last thing America needs is another stinky, cheating, under-qualified Indian IT worker

[Fury]

How can you tell?

Provide SPECIFICS.

[thegagline]

I researched every single one. Biological information is easy to find on judges, politicians, and political activists.

[thegagline]

Here is an example of some of the research I did regarding Judge Leo T Sorokin

[Fury]

Should be easy then to provide info on every single judge you claim is Jewish.

[Lockbox]

So are all government fees illegal since Congress did not authorize?

[ByteMercenary]

“...the substance and application of the $100,000 payment reveal that it is a tax”

So the judge decides that a ‘fee’ set by a FedGov agency which operates under the control of the Executive branch is now a ‘tax’ and must be approved by an act of Congress who have no authority over the agency?

Bull shiite.

Kick this a$$whole out of the courtroom.

[butlerweave]

When will these judges want the The nuclear football, officially the Presidential Emergency Satchel, in their possession ? LOL

[spintreebob]

H1b? Why is Federal Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP money spent on H1b? Deloitte is both the #1 abuser of H1b and the #1 FRAUDSTER with welfare money as an IT vendor. Many of these Deloitte H1b paid with both Federal and state money do not understand US nor State law and custom. Some H1b IT workers are not qualified in H1b.

Deloitte IES Integrated Eligibility System is in over half the states...all the big states CA TX FL GA TN KY IL MI PA NY etc... both R and D states.

[thegagline]

Should be easy then to provide info on every single judge you claim is Jewish.

It took a bit of time as the list is extensive. If, in your research endeavor, you find that someone should be removed from the list, please let me know. Best of luck in your pursuit.