India, Oct. 24 -- Doubling down on Donald Trump's $100,000 fee hike for H-1B visas, the White House backed the US president's on Thursday. In a briefing to the media, press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended Trump's fee hike and stated that the administration is fighting a system which has been filled with "fraud".

"The administration will fight these lawsuits in court. The president's main priority has always been to put American workers first and to strengthen our visa system. For far too long, the H-1B visa system has been spammed with fraud, and that's driven down American wages," said Leavitt.

"The president wants to refine this system, which is part of the reason he implemented these new policies. These actions are lawful, they a...