Indian Grads Sue Over H-1B Denials Based on Employers’ Fraud (1)

Nearly 70 Indian nationals are suing the US government for denying their visas because of fraud perpetrated by their employers.

The plaintiffs—employed through a training program for foreign graduates of US colleges and universities—say they didn’t knowingly engage in fraud despite their employers’ actions.

Yet they were unfairly punished for their association with those businesses without a chance to respond, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in federal district court in Washington state. The Department of Homeland Security denied workers H-1B specialty occupation visas despite their subsequent employment at legitimate businesses, the complaint said.

“The agency assumed that anybody who ...