Supreme Court Review Sought for H-1B Spouses’ Work Permit Rule

A group representing American-born tech workers is asking the US Supreme Court to hear a challenge to employment authorization for spouses of H-1B visa holders.

Save Jobs USA has argued that the Department of Homeland Security exceeded its authority in work authorization rule for dependent H-4 visa holders. It argued in a cert petition Thursday that high court review was necessary because of a circuit split created by separate litigation over the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia dismissed the challenge last year, finding it already interpreted ...