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Trump Dealt Huge Loss in Effort to Make Money Off of Immigration (opens in new tab)

A federal judge on Monday blocked President Donald Trump’s exorbitant $100,000 H-1B visa fee.In a 42-page ruling, Massachusetts District Judge Leo Sorokin ruled that the fee was an illegal tax on businesses and ordered it to be vacated. Sorokin used the Supreme Court’s justification in its 2012 case National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, concerning fees imposed on Americans who did not sign up for the Affordable Care Act, to argue that the payment was a tax, not a penalty. I...

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