Ariana Figueroa | States Newsroom, CT Mirror Reporter

Trump’s $100K visa fee for highly skilled foreign workers struck down

A federal judge in Massachusetts struck down the Trump administration’s $100,000 visa fee, finding the policy is an unlawful tax.

SCOTUS will hear arguments April 1, 2026, in a case challenging the President Donald Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is pausing the DV1 program because the suspect in 2 Ivy League school shootings obtained a green card through the program.

The new policy follows the shooting of two West Virginia National Guard members by an Afghan national granted asylum earlier this year.

Homeland Security pulled down the list of cities the Trump administration labeled as ‘sanctuary’ after backlash from local law enforcement.

About 9,000 Afghans living in the United States who had been protected from deportation will no longer be shielded as of mid-July.

Trump’s executive orders threaten to revoke federal funding from cities that do not coordinate with federal immigration authorities.