JUDICIAL COUP: Leftist Judge VOIDS President Trump’s $100K H1-B Visa Fee

The rogue judicial system strikes again…

As countless U.S. citizens are losing out on employment opportunities to foreign workers, a left-wing activist judge just declared President Trump’s long-overdue move to protect American jobs unlawful.

Today, U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin — an Obama appointee — voided a new $100,000 fee for companies who hire H1-B visa workers, which was proclaimed by President Trump last year.

Specifically, the court ruled that the fee is an illegal tax on businesses, and therefore, must be thrown out.

Here are the details:

JUST IN: A federal judge has ruled Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee is an unauthorized tax on businesses and must be vacated. https://t.co/bQXFTaiMmK pic.twitter.com/g5HTy9Cu0X

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) June 8, 2026

🚨 BREAKING: An Obama leftist Judge has just STRUCK DOWN President Trump's landmark $100,000 H-1B visa fee

WTF?! Judge Leo Sorokin just declared himself PRESIDENT and said Trump isn't allowed to do this.

IMPEACH THE JUDGE and OVERTURN!

This judge is foreigner-first and needs… pic.twitter.com/8ApeI0GwOF

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 8, 2026

BREAKING: An Obama leftist Judge has just STRUCK DOWN President Trump’s landmark $100,000 H-1B visa fee

WTF?! Judge Leo Sorokin just declared himself PRESIDENT and said Trump isn’t allowed to do this.

IMPEACH THE JUDGE and OVERTURN!

This judge is foreigner-first and needs to be slapped down ASAP.

As it stands, the H1-B visa system allows American businesses to hire skilled workers from overseas (mostly, India).

Since many of these foreigners are okay with working for less pay than U.S. citizens, companies have been incentivized to ship in employees rather than hiring qualified Americans to do the same job.

President Trump’s new $100K fee — which would apply for every new H1-B visa hire — sought to combat this growing problem by ensuring companies hire based on talent, not whoever will work for the lowest salary.

Yet, multiple states filed a lawsuit against the new fee back in December.

CBS News has more:

The H-1B visa program was created by Congress in 1990 and allows U.S.-based companies to temporarily hire foreign workers in a specialty occupation for up to six years. Congress capped the number of H-1B visas at 65,000 per year. Another 20,000 of the visas can be issued for people with advanced degrees. Under the program, employers are also required to pay certain fees, typically ranging between $1,700 to $4,500.

But last year, Mr. Trump signed a proclamation that added a $100,000 payment to all new H-1B applications. The president argued the H-1B visa program “has been deliberately exploited to replace, rather than supplement, American workers with lower-paid, lower-skilled labor,” which he said had “undermined both our economic and national security.”

The Trump administration moved swiftly to implement his proclamation. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said in October the $100,000 fee applied to new applications filed on or after Sept. 21, just two days after Mr. Trump announced the new policy. The agency clarified that the fee would only apply to new applicants living abroad, and not renewals.

The coalition of states, led by California, filed their lawsuit challenging the fee in December and alleged that the new policy was unlawful. The states warned that the $100,000 fee would hamper their ability to hire high-skilled workers in several areas, including at primary and secondary schools, in public colleges and universities, and at medical facilities.

In his decision, Sorokin found that Mr. Trump had no power or authorization from Congress to impose a tax on H-1B applications. He said the record in the case lacked any indication that the Trump administration “reasonably explained” the decision to implement the $100,000 fee, and found that none of the policy rationales from federal agencies “offer a reasonable explanation for enacting a heavy tax on the H-1B program.”

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But, the battle isn’t over yet.

The Trump administration plans to appeal the ridiculous ruling.

CNBC shared a statement from the White House:

White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers told CNBC in a statement after Monday’s ruling, “President Trump has clear legal authority to restrict entry of any class of aliens he determines is not in America’s best interests, and that is exactly what he did.”

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“The H-1B program has been abused for decades, and President Trump finally took action to fix it. A federal judge in Washington already upheld a nearly identical order, and the Administration is confident this order will be reversed on appeal,” Rogers said.