Industry representatives in Washington are also weighing whether to sue over the new fees as they quietly consider their next moves.
“You need to have a reasoned justification,” Bonta told Bloomberg, which first reported the legal review. “It can’t be arbitrary, it can’t be capricious, and so we’ve brought cases on that basis quite a few times in the past, and it might be appropriate here, but we’re still looking.”
California’s tech industry — a major pillar of the state’s economy and tax revenues — stands to be impacted in particular by Trump’s change to the H-1B visas, given its reliance on foreign-born skilled workers from places like India and China. Federal data shows the Golden State has led the nation in H-1B beneficiaries during the 2025 fiscal year.
Some tech giants like Amazon, Microsoft and Meta reportedly told traveling employees to rush back to the United States after Friday’s announcement, while the news sparked chaos among passengers on at least one San Francisco flight, demanding to leave.
The White House has sou
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