{"id":61353,"date":"2026-07-26T14:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T14:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=61353"},"modified":"2026-07-26T14:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T14:46:08","slug":"activist-first-circuit-denies-trump-stay-100000-h-1b-fee-blocked-opening-floodgates-for-cheap-foreign-labor-over-american-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=61353","title":{"rendered":"Activist First Circuit Denies Trump Stay \u2014 $100,000 H-1B Fee Blocked, Opening Floodgates for Cheap Foreign Labor Over American Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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According to USCIS data, India consistently accounts for the highest share of H-1B visa approvals, representing approximately 70% to 73% of all approved beneficiaries annually. (AI-Generated Image)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A three-judge panel of the radical First Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday denied the Trump administration\u2019s emergency request to keep President Trump\u2019s landmark $100,000 H-1B visa payment requirement in effect while the government appeals a lower court ruling that tossed it out.<\/p>\n

The order leaves in place U.S. District Judge Leo T. Sorokin\u2019s June 8 decision vacating the entire policy. <\/a><\/p>\n

Sorokin, an Obama appointee, had ruled that the fee exceeded executive authority<\/a> under the Administrative Procedure Act and was unconstitutionally ultra vires.<\/p>\n

President Trump issued Proclamation 10973<\/a> on September 19, 2025, specifically to stop the rampant abuse of the H-1B program.<\/p>\n

The proclamation found that employers had used the system to replace American workers with lower-paid foreign labor, driving down wages and undermining economic and national security.<\/p>\n

It required the $100,000 payment to accompany new H-1B petitions for workers outside the United States, with limited exceptions for national interest cases. DHS and State Department officials then implemented the policy through fee schedules, FAQs, and related actions.<\/p>\n

The 20 Democrat-led states that sued, California, Massachusetts, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin, claimed the fee would hurt their ability to staff public colleges, universities, schools, and healthcare systems.<\/p>\n

Judge Sorokin agreed with the blue-state plaintiffs. He vacated the policy in full.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration asked both the district court and then the First Circuit to stay that order pending appeal so the policy could remain in effect. The district court refused a full stay but granted a temporary administrative pause while the emergency motion was pending. On July 24, the First Circuit rejected the government\u2019s request entirely.<\/p>\n

The First Circuit panel, Chief Judge David J. Barron (Obama), Gustavo A. Gelp\u00ed (Biden), and Julie Rikelman (Biden), claimed the administration failed to make a \u201cstrong showing\u201d it was likely to succeed on the merits.<\/p>\n

They focused almost entirely on the claim that the $100,000 payment was an unauthorized tax-like burden requiring a clear congressional delegation, citing cases like Skinner while brushing aside the president\u2019s broad statutory power under 8 U.S.C. \u00a7\u00a7 1182(f) and 1185(a) to restrict the entry of aliens deemed detrimental to U.S. interests.<\/p>\n

This is the same H-1B program The Gateway Pundit<\/a> has repeatedly exposed as a scam that imports lower-paid foreign labor, often in IT and tech, to replace Americans.<\/p>\n

Companies have taken thousands of H-1B approvals while laying off U.S. workers. The $100,000 fee was designed to force employers to value American talent instead of treating the visa system as a cheap labor pipeline.<\/p>\n

The post Activist First Circuit Denies Trump Stay \u2014 $100,000 H-1B Fee Blocked, Opening Floodgates for Cheap Foreign Labor Over American Workers<\/a> appeared first on The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to USCIS data, India consistently accounts for the highest share of H-1B visa approvals, representing approximately 70%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nActivist First Circuit Denies Trump Stay \u2014 $100,000 H-1B Fee Blocked, Opening Floodgates for Cheap Foreign Labor Over American Workers - Sasquatch News Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=61353\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Activist First Circuit Denies Trump Stay \u2014 $100,000 H-1B Fee Blocked, Opening Floodgates for Cheap Foreign Labor Over American Workers - 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