Iranian Immigrants Battle Vetting They Say Undercuts AI Goals

A State Department policy snagging Iranian nationals, including specialists in artificial intelligence, is threatening to undermine President Joe Biden’s directive to facilitate hiring foreign talent to bolster US capabilities in emerging tech fields, would-be immigrants argue.

A group of Iranian employment-based green card hopefuls is suing the agency over a requirement that they submit a form seeking years of supplemental information on their relatives, employment, and social media history—after attending consular interviews that themselves take months to secure.

The additional scrutiny lands green card seekers from Iran in bureaucratic limbo with no clear end point, according to three separate lawsuits ...