The states joining California in filing the lawsuit include New York, Massachusetts, Illinois, New Jersey and Washington.

California and 18 other states in the US are poised to legally challenge President Donald Trump-led administration's decision to hike the H-1B visa fee to $100,000.

The states will file a lawsuit Friday, seeking to block the fee on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers , Reuters news agency quoted California Attorney General Rob Bonta's office as saying. The states joining California in filing the lawsuit include New York, Massachusetts, Illinois, New Jersey and Washington.

The lawsuit, to be filed in Massachusetts federal court, will be at least the third to challenge the hiked fee on H-1B visa applications, announced by Trump in September this year. T

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