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SEATTLE (AP) — In what appears to be the first major challenge to the new $100,000 fee required for H-1B visa applications, a coalition of health care providers, religious groups, university professors and others filed a federal lawsuit Oct. 3 to stop the plan, saying it has “thrown employers, workers and federal agencies into chaos.”

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Coalition files federal lawsuit to stop Trump’s $100K H-1B fee

Groups say the new rule disrupts hospitals, schools, and churches

Lawsuit argues the fee is unlawful and damages U.S. innovation

H-1B program supports skilled foreign workers in key industries

President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Sept. 19 requiring the new fee, saying the H-1B visa program “has been deliberately exploited to replace, ra

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