The U.S. Chamber of Commerce filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Thursday alleging that a $100,000 fee for new visas for highly skilled foreign workers is unlawful.

The lawsuit aims to block the charge for new H-1B visa applications, which the chamber said would inflict "significant harm" on American businesses by sharply increasing their labor costs or curtailing their ability to hire skilled employees.

The fee only applies to new petitions for this specific visa, not to existing H-1B visas or renewals.

"The new $100,000 visa fee will make it cost-prohibitive for U.S. employers, especially startups and small and midsize businesses, to utilize the H-1B program, which was created by Congress expressly to ensure that American businesses of all sizes can access the global t

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