President Trump just lost his appeal at the First Circuit to reinstate his $100k payment for the H-1B visa.

Here’s the ruling:

🚨 The First Circuit denied the Trump administration's request to keep its $100,000 H-1B visa payment requirement in effect pending appeal, leaving in place a lower court order that vacated the policy. pic.twitter.com/2i6qSqUGPY

— SCOTUS Wire (@scotus_wire) July 25, 2026

The panel found that the Trump administration failed to show it was likely to win because Congress never clearly authorized the President to impose a $100,000 payment on H-1B visa petitions.

— SCOTUS Wire (@scotus_wire) July 25, 2026

Of the three judges, one was an Obama appointee and the other two were Biden appointees.

On to the Supreme Court!