The largest US business lobbying group filed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging President Donald Trump's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers.

The lawsuit by the US Chamber of Commerce, which says it represents 300,000 businesses, is the group's first against the Trump administration since the Republican president took office for a second term in January.

The Chamber says in the lawsuit that Trump's September proclamation, which opens a new tab imposing the fee on new H-1B visa applications, was beyond his powers and would disrupt the complex visa system created by Congress.

HIGHER COSTS OR FEWER WORKERS

The H-1B program allows US employers to hire foreign workers in speciality fields, and technology companies in particular rely heavily on workers who receiv

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