Judge Slaps Down USCIS In Significant H-1B Visa Court Case

Posted on AllSides March 9th, 2020
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A federal judge ruled U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) improperly denied an H-1B petition after the agency claimed the position did not qualify as a “specialty occupation.” This is the first known case where a federal judge has analyzed whether the USCIS interpretation of its H-1B regulation is entitled to deference under the recent Supreme Court Kisor decision – and the judge determined the USCIS interpretation was not entitled to deference.

The judge rejected the USCIS assertion that it had the right to deny an H-1B petition because the...

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2020/03/09/judge-slaps-down-uscis-in-significant-h-1b-visa-court-case/

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