PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Arizona’s top prosecutor has joined a multistate lawsuit challenging visa policy changes made by the Trump administration, her office announced on Friday.

State Attorney General Kris Mayes and 18 other states plan to sue the Trump Administration over a policy imposing a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa petitions .

The attorneys general argue the policy is illegal because it charges a large fee that Congress never approved, goes against Congress’s plan for the H-1B program, skips required steps for making new rules, and gives the executive branch more power than the law allows.

“This illegal, excessive fee is disastrous for thousands of Arizona employees and will have a devastating effect on our rural school districts, our growing semiconductor industry, and Arizona’

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