A group of states said that they are suing the Donald Trump administration to block a $100,000 fee for any new applications for H-1B visas , which allow employers in the US to hire skilled foreign workers, Bloomberg reported.

The lawsuit, expected to be filed Friday, argues that the fee creates a costly and illegal barrier to employers using the popular visa program and that the administration failed to follow the proper rulemaking process when adopting the policy. California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell are leading the case.

“As the world’s fourth largest economy, California knows that when skilled talent from around the world joins our workforce, it drives our state forward,” Bonta said in a statement.

“The Trump administration

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