Washington: A coalition of healthcare providers, university professors, religious organizations, and industry groups filed a landmark lawsuit on Friday challenging President Donald Trump’s recently announced $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applications, warning that the move threatens to destabilize critical sectors across the United States. The suit, lodged in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco, describes the sudden fee as “chaotic” and disruptive, imperiling hospitals, schools, and places of worship.

Signed on September 19, Trump’s proclamation imposed the unprecedented surcharge on the H-1B visa programme, which is designed to attract high-skilled foreign talent to fill specialized roles that domestic labor cannot fully cover. According to the

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