In an ongoing lawsuit over the $100,000 fee for hiring skilled workers from foreign countries, as imposed by the Donald Trump administration, the administration informed a court that only 70 employees have so far paid the fee since it was imposed in September. The number is not huge and in fact rather low and that's why this can't be seen as a revenue-generating measure for the government and thus it does not require Congressional authorization Department of Justice attorney Tiberius Davis said in a court hearing.
The lawsuit is on whether the imposition of the fee for a visa program is legal. Global Nurse Force, a nurse recruiting firm, among other plaintiffs, filed the lawsuit claiming that the fee makes it difficult for small employers to hire through the specialty occupation visa program.
