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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday May 08 2018, @03:04AM   Printer-friendly
from the requirement-to-meet-requirements dept.

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A group of outsourcing companies that use the H-1B visa to fill U.S. jobs with foreign workers have filed a lawsuit claiming recent U.S. government restrictions on the visa program are illegal.

The legal action attacks a February policy change by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration that imposed tighter requirements on outsourcers seeking H-1B visas, which are intended for jobs requiring specialized skills and a bachelor's degree or higher.

[...] The new H-1B rules single out outsourcing firms and require that they provide evidence proving a worker will perform a specialized job, and that the job match the work specified on the visa application.

In the suit, two companies and a consortium that has been lobbying Congress over H-1B restrictions claimed Citizenship and Immigration lacked the authority to make the rule changes, and that the alleged over-reach violates the U.S. Administrative Procedures Act.

[...] The companies and group filing suit claim the new H-1B requirements will "choke out" their work by denying them H-1B visas and visa extensions.

"Without sufficient employees to meet their clients' needs, Plaintiffs will suffer irreparable harm to reputation and ability to compete," the suit said.

Source: https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/05/03/h-1b-visas-tighter-rules-illegal-tech-outsourcers-claim-in-lawsuit/


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 08 2018, @09:28AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 08 2018, @09:28AM (#676962)

    Either your "a" is superfluous, or you lack an "one" at end of your PS.

    sincerely,

    = Gegrapo (Geheime Grammatik-Polizei) =

  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 08 2018, @03:43PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 08 2018, @03:43PM (#677058)

    Wassamatta with you? You no like a da bambino talkin about a Gestapo? Mamma mia!
    When I go to being a politically incorrect, I take a no prisoners, eh?