A coalition of blue states is suing the Trump administration over its fee of $100,000 for H-1B Visas, a number of Democratic attorneys common introduced on Friday.
The Trump administration introduced in September that it could be implementing the fee for H-1B visas, citing that this system for the visas is overused. California Attorney General Rob Bonta, joined by Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and New York Attorney General Letitia James and others, is main the swimsuit.
H-1B visas permit overseas professionals to hunt work in professions which might be thought-about to be extra specialised. Applicants should maintain a bachelor’s diploma or an identical equal to be eligible for the visa.
The liberal attorneys common allege that new coverage and fee, which is applied by the Department of Homeland Security, is out of bounds of what’s approved by Congress for this system.
“Congress has refined this program, setting caps, establishing fees, enhancing enforcement and strengthening protections, but what Congress has never done is authorize a president to impose a six-figure surcharge designed to dismantle the program entirely,” Bonta stated at a press convention on Friday.
Bonta stated the visa fee will create monetary burdens on state and personal employers, making a barrier to filling job vacancies.
He additionally underscored simply what number of staff within the United States depend on the H-1B visa program, citing the hundreds of well being care professionals, educators and researchers, amongst different occupations, that use this system. Bonta claimed practically 30,000 educators nationwide maintain an H-1B visa, and 17,000 H-1B visa holders final 12 months had been well being care professionals.
Bonta stated through the press convention the state of California has filed 49 lawsuits in opposition to the Trump administration since they took workplace in January.
“The bottom line is, no presidential administration can rewrite immigration law,” Bonta stated. “No president can destabilize our schools, our hospitals and universities on a whim, and no president can ignore the co-equal branch of government, of Congress, ignore the Constitution or ignore the law.”
NCS has reached out to the Department of Homeland Security for touch upon the lawsuit. The Justice Department declined to remark.