A San Jose advocacy group for South Asian people is representing a coalition that sued the Trump administration Friday over a new, $100,000 fee for the H-1B visa, a controversial work and residency permit heavily used in Silicon Valley’s technology industry to employ foreign workers, mostly from India.

The South Asian American Justice Collaborative of San Jose is among several organizations representing the coalition of labor unions, health care providers, schools, and religious organizations that are plaintiffs in the case. Also representing the coalition are Democracy Forward, Justice Action Center, Kuck Baxter LLC, Joseph & Hall, P.C., and IMMpact Litigation.

They are suing President Donald Trump and the U.S. departments of Homeland Security and State, accusing them of illegally usurp

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