Fact-check: “federal judges have a role in determining H-1B Immigration visa fees”
Verdict: Partly True (82% confidence)
Federal judges do not set H-1B visa fees in the first instance — that authority belongs to Congress and DHS/USCIS through statute and rulemaking. But documented court rulings show judges play a real, consequential role by reviewing whether fee rules are lawful and striking them down when they're not. Most recently, U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin (D. Mass.) vacated the Trump administration's $100,000 H-1B fee on June 8, 2026, and in December 2025, D.C. District Judge Beryl Howell upheld a separ…
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