US delays H4 decision |
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a court filing with the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on 28 February 2018, stating it would not issue a new rule terminating work authorization for H-4 visa holders until June 2018. DHS says it needs to review the economic impact of terminating the program. DHS had been expected to issue a Notice of Proposed Rule Making – NPRM – in February, intending to revoke H-4 EADs. In 2015, the Obama administration granted work authorization to certain H-4 visa holders – about 100,000 women from India – whose spouses are on track to get legal permanent residency. An organization known as Save Jobs USA filed a lawsuit in 2016 against DHS, claiming that H-4 work authorization negatively impacted job opportunities for American workers. DHS had to issue an NPRM in February 2018. However in January 2018, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the component of DHS responsible for oversight of the H-4 visa program at issue in this litigation, re-evaluated the rule and determined that significant revisions to the draft proposal were necessary. Those revisions required a new economic analysis, which required an additional several weeks to perform.
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