July 03, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that courts don't have to defer to federal agencies' interpretations of ambiguous statutes doesn't pertain to a lawsuit challenging an Obama-era program allowing work permits for spouses of highly skilled foreign workers, a nonprofit group intervening in the case told the D.C. Circuit.
July 02, 2024
Ex-information technology workers told the D.C. Circuit that the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning decades-old precedent instructing judges about when they can defer to federal agencies' interpretations of law buoys their challenge to an Obama-era program allowing work permits for some spouses of highly skilled foreign workers.
February 09, 2024
Two immigration advocacy groups urged the D.C. Circuit to uphold an Obama-era program offering work permits to the spouses of highly skilled workers, calling the embattled program a lawful exercise of the executive branch's decades-old power to authorize noncitizens to work.
February 02, 2024
Countering an argument from ex-information technology workers that D.C. Circuit precedent dooms an Obama-era program allowing work permits for spouses of highly skilled foreign workers, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said the court's precedent is squarely on its side.
January 04, 2024
An organization of ex-information technology workers has urged the D.C. Circuit to disregard recent precedent in weighing the group's challenge to an Obama-era program allowing work permits for some spouses of highly skilled foreign workers, saying it conflicts with earlier precedent.