New Delhi: The United States Chamber of Commerce filed a lawsuit Thursday, challenging the Trump administration’s newly imposed $100,000 fee on H1B visa petitions. The charge is unlawful and risks shutting out US employers from the skilled global workforce, it said.

In its legal filing, the US Chamber of Commerce argued that the charge violated the Immigration and Nationality Act, which requires visa fees to remain tied to the government’s actual processing costs, not punitive or restrictive measures. The lawsuit also said that US President Donald Trump exceeded his executive authority by imposing the fee through proclamation.

The US Chamber of Commerce is asking the court to block federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security and the US State Department—both named

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