<h1>Health, education and religious employers challenge presidential $100,000 fee on H-1B petitions as unlawful overreach and tax</h1> A coalition of health-care providers, religious organizations, university faculty and other employers filed suit in federal court in San Francisco seeking to enjoin a presidential proclamation imposing a $100,000 fee on H-1B visa petitions. Plaintiffs allege the fee unlawfully rewrites the congressionally created H-1B program, exceeds executive authority, effectively imposes a tax without congressional approval, and causes immediate harms to hospitals, schools, religious institutions and research employers. Named defendants include federal immigration and executive-branch agencies. The complaint seeks an immediate court order blocking the fee and restoring predictability for employers and workers.