特朗普取消 10 万美元的 H-1B 签证费用

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A federal judge on Monday struck down the $100,000 fee for new H-1B visas, ruling that President Donald Trump didn’t have the authority to impose a tax on the visa program for highly skilled workers.

Trump issued a proclamation in September imposing the fee on new petitions for H-1B visas, stirring concern among higher education experts that the policy would hamper research and teaching at U.S. colleges.

The federal H-1B visa program allows U.S. employers to hire foreign workers for specialized jobs, typically for up to six years with an extension.Many high-profile universities rely on the H-1B visa program to recruit foreign scholars and faculty. Stanford University, the University of Michigan and the University of Florida each received over 100 H-1B visa approvals in fiscal 2026.

To defend the fee policy, the Trump administration has invoked the Immigration and Nationality Act, which allows the president to impose restrictions on noncitizens entering the U.S. Federal officials argued in court documents that the fee was a “regulatory payment” authorized by the statute.

However, U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin vacated the policy and declared it unlawful.

“The substance and application of the $100,000 payment reveal that it is a tax, regardless of what the payment is called," Sorokin said.

The power to levy federal taxes lies with Congress, and the legislative branch did not delegate that authority to Trump in this case, he said.

“President Trump has clear legal authority to restrict entry of any class of aliens he determines is not in America’s best interests, and that is exactly what he did,”Taylor Rogers, a White House spokesperson, said in an emailed statement Monday.“The Administration is confident this order will be reversed on appeal.”

The other case — brought by a coalition of unions and industry groups,including the American Association of University Professors—is also ongoing.