Full DC Circuit Hearing Denied for H-1B Spouse Work Permit Suit

An appeals court has shot down an en banc rehearing request Friday for a decision upholding the employment authorization of spouses of H-1B visa holders.

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in August ruled that the Department of Homeland Security had authority to extend work eligibility to spouses of immigrant workers. A three-judge panel reasoned that a similar dispute involving employment authorization for international college graduates had already been decided in the agency’s favor and that the cases weren’t meaningfully different.

Save Jobs USA, which challenged the rule, asked for a review of the decision by ...