Added High-Skill Visa Requirements Illegal, Lawsuit Says

A recent Homeland Security Department policy memorandum that places additional requirements on employers that place H-1B workers at third-party client sites is unlawful, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court.

The memorandum essentially keeps information technology staffing companies from participating in the H-1B skilled guestworker program, Jonathan Wasden, one of the attorneys in the case, told Bloomberg Law May 2.

The lawsuit, filed by a group of IT staffing firms, is seeking a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of the memorandum.

Employers seeking extensions of H-1B status on behalf of their workers already are seeing denials because they couldn’t ...