SALEM, Ore. — Nineteen states are the latest group to sue the Trump administration after it imposed a $100,000 fee on visa applications for specially skilled foreign workers.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a coalition that includes health care providers, religious groups and university professors filed their own federal lawsuits this week, hoping to halt the plan, according to reporting by the Associated Press.

The H-1B program allows U.S. employers to hire highly skilled foreign workers in roles that require the use of their skills, such as physicians; researchers; doctors; nurses; and those in the tech industry, including for Amazon, Tata Consultancy, Microsoft, Apple and Google. Employers typically pay between $960-7,595, the multi-state lawsuit says, while the Chamber's lawsu

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