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WA Alliance of Tech. Workers v. DHS, et al

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21-5028

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Appellate - DC Circuit

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2899 Other Statutes APA/Review Agency

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  1. February 01, 2023

    Full DC Circ. Won't Review STEM Work Program

    The full D.C. Circuit refused to revisit an Obama-era program allowing foreign STEM graduates to work in the U.S. on student visas, sparking a judge's Wednesday critique that the court was rubber-stamping the White House's "rewrite" to federal immigration law.

  2. December 02, 2022

    Biz Chamber Says STEM OPT Has Decades Of Legal Backing

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and others defended a program allowing STEM-student visa holders to work in the U.S. after graduation, urging the D.C. Circuit against rethinking a ruling allowing the program, which they say has existed in some form for decades.

  3. November 16, 2022

    Tech Workers Want Another Go At Foreign STEM Grad Rules

    A technology workers' union asked the full D.C. Circuit to reconsider a panel decision allowing science, technology, engineering and math graduates on student visas to work in the U.S., saying the panel granted the executive branch more power than Congress permitted.

  4. October 04, 2022

    Divided DC Circ. Backs Foreign STEM Grad Work Program

    A divided D.C. Circuit has upheld an Obama-era program allowing STEM graduates on student visas to work up to three years in the U.S. after finishing their degrees, saying Tuesday that the policy serves the purposes of the F-1 visa program.

  5. November 03, 2021

    DC Circ. Eyes Union's Standing In Foreign Student Visa Fight

    Two D.C. Circuit judges on Wednesday questioned a technology union's ability to block an Obama-era work permit program for international students after they have obtained math and science degrees, suggesting the group has not shown its members are currently competing against visa holders and therefore injured by the regulation.

  6. June 29, 2021

    Tech Group Says Schools' OPT Support 'Nakedly Political'

    A technology union has urged the D.C. Circuit to bar over 150 colleges and universities from having a say in its lawsuit challenging work permit extensions for foreign graduates, saying that the schools' arguments are purely political.

  7. June 22, 2021

    Schools Press DC Circ. To Keep Foreign Grad Work Program

    More than 150 American colleges and universities, including Harvard and the California Institute of Technology, urged the D.C. Circuit on Monday to allow work permits for foreign students, arguing it allows them to attract and retain the world's top foreign talent.

  8. June 14, 2021

    Feds Say Foreign Student Work Permits Don't Harm US Jobs

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has urged the D.C. Circuit to toss the latest appeal from a technology workers union aiming to restrict work permits for foreign students, saying there was no evidence they compete for jobs.