Twenty U.S. states have filed suit challenging the September 19 Presidential Proclamation and related federal agency policies that impose a $100,000 fee on U.S. employers for certain H-1B nonimmigrant petitions. The case, State of California, et al. v Kristi Noem, et al., 1:25-cv-13829 (D. Mass.,…
On Thursday, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce filed suit against a September 19 Presidential Proclamation restricting the entry of certain H-1B nonimmigrants and imposing a new $100,000 fee on their employers. The case, Chamber of Commerce v. DHS, Case No. 1:25-cv-03675…
On September 19, President Trump issued a presidential proclamation that bans an H-1B specialty occupation employee from entering the United States unless their employer has paid a $100,000 fee for the sponsored employee, effective at 12:01 am EDT on Sunday, September 21.…
Foreign nationals who currently have a pending or approved H-1B petition or a valid H-1B visa will not be subject to President Trump’s September 19 presidential proclamation on H-1B travel restrictions, and should be able to enter the United States after…