India, June 9 -- US President Donald Trump on Tuesday reacted to a US federal court striking down a $100,000 fee he imposed on H-1B visas last year, calling the legal move a step that would hurt the country.

US District Judge Leo Sorokin was behind the recent ruling, in which he deemed the steep visa fee "unlawful" and one which was never authorised by the Congress. When asked about the court order, Trump told reporters: "These federal judges are really giving us a hard time. It's really crazy what's going on with the court system... They're hurting our country very badly."

The H-1B visa program, of which Indians make up a large proportion of recipients, applies to employers seeking to "hire nonimmigrant aliens as workers in specialty o...