A federal appeals court on July 24 denied the Trump administration’s bid to stay a lower court ruling that blocked the implementation of a new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit said the administration had not demonstrated that it will likely succeed on the merits of its appeal challenging U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin’s June 8 ruling, which found that the fee amounted to a tax imposed without congressional authorization.
The administration had argued in a June 12 motion that the fee was justified as an exercise of the president’s foreign commerce and immigration powers. Following that filing, Sorokin agreed to stay his order while the First Circuit reviewed the administration’s appeal….