# Trump’s $103,000 H-1B Charge Tests Limits of Fee-Setting Authority

https://mins.news/en/item/34538

- Bloomberg News, 2026-08-27 15:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-27/trump-103-000-h-1b-charge-tests-bounds-of-fee-setting-authority?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a9050fb0602a6000171eb78

> Trump’s latest attempt to impose new costs on skilled foreign workers makes unprecedented use of statutory fee-setting powers, seeking to recover immigration-system expenses far beyond those of the H-1B visa program.

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