The battleground for America’s scientific edge has shifted—not to a laboratory or a global summit, but to a federal courtroom in Washington, D.C. On October 24, 2025, the Association of American Universities (AAU) joined forces with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to sue the Trump administration over a new policy: a $100,000 entry fee on each new H-1B visa petition. The lawsuit does not use dramatic language. It does not need to. It argues, plainly, that the fee could cripple research, shrink classrooms, squeeze medical care, and help global competitors outperform the United States in the coming decade. In other words: this is not about immigration paperwork . This is about who will shape the future of science, technology, medicine, and innovation. H-1B visas are the route throu

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