Switching Foreign-Grad Visa Program Rules Illegal, Suit Says (1)

July 16, 2018, 4:49 PM UTCUpdated: July 16, 2018, 7:28 PM UTC

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services illegally changed its policy on what types of employers can participate in a popular training program for foreign graduates of U.S. colleges and universities, a new lawsuit says.

The complaint is the latest in a growing number of legal challenges to the Trump administration’s immigration policies. It takes aim at a USCIS policy intended to block staffing companies from participating in the optional practical training program for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics graduates. The new policy appeared as a change on the USCIS’ website that was first noticed in April.

The agency already is acting ...

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