February 01, 2023
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.
December 02, 2022
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.
November 16, 2022
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.
October 04, 2022
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.
November 03, 2021
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.
June 29, 2021
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.
June 22, 2021
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.
June 14, 2021
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.