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A federal judge said there’s no excuse for the government to continue a freeze on work permits and green cards sought by immigrants a week after he ruled the policy is unlawful.
Background on the mounting litigation in response to the USCIS benefits freeze, which has already forced many immigrants out of jobs, including many working in healthcare or pursuing critical research.
The freeze on benefits for people from 39 travel ban countries has forced many foreign workers out of jobs and put their lawful status in jeopardy.
Read today's opinion from District Court of Rhode Island Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr.
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"When USCIS first enacted the policies at the center of this litigation, the agency did not simply place a hold on adjudications," Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. wrote.
More fundamentally, he said, it "placed the lives of countless individuals on hold—solely by virtue of their countries of birth."
A Rhode Island judge has vacated Trump administration policies targeting people from 39 travel ban countries, including a freeze on work permits and other benefits for people already in the US.
Monday's ruling against the $100,000 H-1B visa fee was the first since the Supreme Court nixed President Trump's global tariffs regime this year.
That decision in Learning Resources v Trump played a key part in the opinion finding the fee unlawful. My latest on legal battles over the H-1B program:
There’s no reason for the Trump administration to comply with an order lifting a months-long freeze on work permits and other immigration benefits, a federal judge in Rhode Island said.
