Trump’s DOJ defends Obama-era policy to give work permits to spouses of H-1B migrants: Report

Trump DOJ defends policy to give work permits to the spouses of H-1B staff.

Donald Trump’s Department of Justice mentioned in a court-ordered response that the Attorney General can give work permits to migrants despite the fact that Congress explicitly bars the hiring of unlawful migrants, Breitbart reported. This response got here within the context of a 2015 lawsuit, launched by American professionals towards then-president Barack Obama’s 2015 resolution to present work permits to the spouses of the H-1B staffObama’s deputies, at the moment, defended that this helped corporations to retain staff imported from India and different nations.In its authorized transient submitted Friday, the Justice Department additionally mentioned that American professionals shouldn’t be allowed to sue the federal government over the 2015 resolution as they can not show that they endure direct financial hurt from the extra overseas staff (the spouses of H-1Bs).

What are H-1B, H-4 and H4EADs? Unpacking the 2015 case

H-1B is the visa program that enables US corporations to rent overseas expert staff. H4 is the visa that the spouses of H-1B visa staff carry. In 2015, the Obama administration agreed with enterprise requests to present work permits to H4s, referred to as Employment Authorization Documents (EADs). This work allow for the spouses of H-1Bs is called H4EADs. John Miano, a lawyer on the Center for Immigration Studies, is behind the lawsuit. The Supreme Court requested the Justice Department for its assertion earlier than deciding whether or not to take up Miano’s lawsuit after it was denied by the DC appeals courtroom. According to Miano, there are roughly 250,000 H4EAD staff in U.S. white-collar jobs and the overwhelming majority are the wives of the Indian visa staff. Miano advised Breitbard that the H4EAD program is particularly unhealthy as a result of the spouses take lower-level jobs that may in any other case go to new American graduates.

‘Do you already know C++’

Miano mentioned within the Nineteen Nineties when he was into programming, a New York financial institution needed to rent him as a expertise advisor however the route was via an Indian vendor who interviewed him for the function. Miano advised Breitbart that he was requested whether or not he knew C++, he mentioned sure however the financial institution later advised him that the seller who interviewed him mentioned he didn’t know C++. “The Indian firm was “hoping that by keeping me out, they might keep the next person out too, so that the bank’s only choice would be to hire one of the Indians,” said Miano, sharing his personal experience.