A coalition of 19 US state attorneys general, led by Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield, has filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration challenging its policy imposing a USD 100,000 fee on new H-1B visa petitions, calling the move unlawful and harmful to employers facing critical labour shortages. In a press release issued by the Oregon Department of Justice on Friday, Attorney General Rayfield said the fee would create an insurmountable financial barrier for employers, particularly public-sector and government institutions, seeking to hire highly skilled foreign workers such as physicians, researchers, nurses, and educators.

"Oregon's colleges, universities and research institutions rely on skilled international workers to keep labs running, courses on track and innovation moving

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