NBC News: Justice Department Reviews H-1B Spouse Work Case As Tech Worker Visas Scrutinized

IRLI In The News

March 10, 2017

By Chris Fuchs

The Justice Department is weighing its next moves in a federal lawsuit that challenges a 2015 rule extending work authorization to the spouses of certain United States visa holders.

The case, now before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, addresses whether the Department of Homeland Security has the authority to permit the husbands and wives of H-1B visa recipients on track for green cards to work in the U.S. …Read the full story by Chris Fuchs.

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