Dec 12 – California and other U.S. states will file a lawsuit on Friday seeking to block President Donald Trump’s $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas for highly-skilled foreign workers, California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office said.

The lawsuit will be at least the third to challenge the fee announced by Trump in September, which dramatically raises the cost of obtaining H-1B visas. Currently, employers typically pay between $2,000 and $5,000 in fees.

Bonta’s office in a release said Trump lacks the power to impose the fee and that it violates federal law, which allows immigration authorities to only collect fees necessary to cover the cost of administering visa programs.

The H-1B program allows U.S. employers to hire foreign workers in specialty fields. The tech industry, with many co

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