Last month, US President Donald Trump announced a plan that would require the companies in US to pay $100,000 each year for H-1B visas . These visas allow businesses to temporarily hire skilled foreign workers in fields like technology and engineering. The move, which followed a lot of backlash and created ripple effect of fear and anxiety amongst people on H-1B visas, was described as part of Trump’s effort to essentially change how this program works.

Now, the US Chamber of Commerce filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Thursday, aiming to stop the steep hike in H-1B visa fee . This marks the Chamber’s first legal challenge against the administration in this term.

According to the lawsuit filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia, the Chamber argue

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