The H -1B visa seems to be the first major challenge for the new $ 100,000 fee required for applications, a coalition of healthcare providers, religious groups, university professors and others filed a federal suit on Friday to stop the plan, saying “employers, workers and federal agencies have been thrown into chaos.”
chairman Donald Trump On September 19 signed an announcement, which requires new fees, saying that the H -1B visa program “instead of supplement, has been exploited to change intentionally, instead of complement, instead of supplement, instead of supplementation, American Low-paying, low-efficient labor workers. “36 hours were slaughtered to implement changes, causing nervousness to employers who instructed their workers to return to the US immediately.
The case filed in the US District Court in San Francisco said that the H -1B program is an important route to hire healthcare workers and teachers. This increases innovation and economic growth in the US, and allows employers to fill jobs in particular areas, the trial said.
The Democracy Forward Foundation and Justice Action Center said in a press release, “Without relief, the hospital will lose medical staff, lose church priests, teachers will be lost in classrooms, and industries across the country will be lost.” “The suit asks the court to immediately block the order and restore the prediction for employers and workers.”
He called the new fee “the latest immigration power of Trump”.
Messages seeking comments from Department of Homeland Security And the US customs and border security, who have been designated as defendants along with Trump and the Department of State, were not immediately returned.
H-1B was created by visa program Congress To attract high-skilled workers, technical companies find it difficult to fill those jobs. According to almost a third of H-1B labor case, there are nurses, teachers, doctors, scholars, priests and clergy.
Critics say the program is a pipeline for foreign workers, often ready to work as a minimum of $ 60,000, which is usually paid to American technology workers below $ 100,000 pay.
Historically, the H-1B visa is excluded through the lottery. This year, Seattle -based Amazon was still the top recipients of the H -1B visa, with more than 10,000 honored, followed by Tata Consultancy, Microsoft, Apple and Google. Geographically, California has the highest number of H -1B workers.
Todd Volphson, president of the American Association of University Professors, said a fee of $ 100,000 would discourage the best and talented minds by bringing life -saving research in the US.
Mike Mic Miller, United Automobile, Aerospace and US Agricultural Implementation Workers’ Area 6 Directors said that Trump’s plan “prioritize money and connection on scientific skills and diligence.”
Sky Periman, president and CEO of Democracy Forward, has opposed “excessive fees”, which invites corruption and is illegal. The groups said that the Congress created the program and Trump cannot write it again overnight or take new taxes by executive order.