H-1B Visa Holders Lose Bid to Show Work Status Illegally Revoked

The Department of Homeland Security correctly applied the law when it revoked seven H-1B petitions based on alleged fraud and misrepresentation committed by the workers’ employers, a federal magistrate judge ruled.

Most of the workers have standing to claim DHS unlawfully revoked their H-1B statuses and cap numbers, which refers to the number of visas allocated by Congress for the program. However, they haven’t shown that the agency’s application of the Immigration and Nationality Act is “contrary to law,” said Magistrate Judge Daphne A. Oberg of the US District Court for the District of Utah in an order entered into ...