Trump flouts the rules. What happened to our checks and balances?

The Trump administration’s announcement last week about the new regulations for H-1B visas, including that most will now require a $100,000 fee, made headlines. But few pointed out that, as usual, the president played fast and loose with the rules, which in this case require a prior period of public notice and comment, while invoking national security to levy the fee.

This pattern has been followed since President Donald Trump’s inauguration. One of his early actions was to fire more than a dozen inspectors general, disregarding the law that required citing specific reasons for each firing, as well as granting 30 days’ notice.

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