Reporting for June 9, 2026, indicates that U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin in Boston struck down a $100,000 H-1B visa fee on June 8, 2026.
Judge Leo Sorokin in Boston invalidated a $100,000 H-1B fee on June 8, 2026, in a ruling reported widely on June 9.
Twenty Democratic state attorneys general had challenged the charge in a consolidated lawsuit.
Technology employers said the decision removes a multibillion-dollar threat to skilled-worker hiring budgets if upheld on appeal.
Judge Leo Sorokin in the District of Massachusetts issued the June 8, 2026, order striking the $100,000 H-1B charge after a challenge by 20 Democratic state attorneys general.
Litigants argued Congress never authorized the levy as a tax, and employers said the fee threatened Silicon Valley talent pipelines if enforced.
Immigration practitioners told reporters on June 9, 2026, that filings could proceed under prior fee schedules unless an appellate stay is granted.
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