AIC – Hammond Neal Moore, LLC

USCIS Sued Again Over H-1b Denials

By Mike Hammond|2020-04-21T19:04:50+00:00April 21st, 2020|Categories: US Immigration Policy, Visas - H-1b, L-1, E, O, TN|Tags: AIC, h-1b, specialty occupation|

Last week, the USCIS was met with another Federal lawsuit claiming that they are failing to properly follow the law when adjudicating H-1b cases filed on behalf of market research analysts. A successful outcome could provide assistance for others; such as business analysts, systems analysts, telcom, and finance occupations where the USCIS has questioned whether they meet the specialty occupation standards. This lawsuit was backed by the American Immigration Council and more information can be found here.

STEM workers in the U.S.

Recently, the American Immigration Council, provided some data on the profile of STEM workers in the U.S. I assume that Stephen Miller and his ilk chose to ignore this type of data when they proposed the RAISE Act or more likely they consider this data "fake news".