A group of 174 Indian citizens, including seven minors, have filed a lawsuit against the recent presidential proclamation on H-1B that would prevent them from entering the United States or not being issued a visa.
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued a subpoena on Wednesday to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad F Wolf, along with Secretary of Labor Eugene. Scalia.
The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court on Tuesday.
"Proclamation 10052's H-1B / H-4 visa ban hurts the economy of the United States, separates families and defies Congress. While the previous two points make it unseemly, the last point makes it illegal" said the lawsuit filed by a lawyer Wasden Banias on behalf of the 174 Indian citizens.
The lawsuit seeks an order declaring the presidential proclamation restricted to issue new H-1B or H4 visas or admit new H-1B or H-4 visa holders as illegal. It also urges the court to compel the State Department to issue decisions on pending applications for H-1B and H-4 visas.
In his presidential proclamation on June 22, Trump temporarily suspended the issuance of H-1B work visas until the end of the year.
"In managing our nation's immigration system, we must take into account the impact of foreign workers on the United States labor market, particularly in today's extraordinary environment of high domestic unemployment and depressed demand for labor." said the proclamation issued by Trump.
In his proclamation, Trump said the overall unemployment rate in the United States nearly quadrupled between February and May 2020, producing some of the most extreme unemployment ever recorded by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
From NDTV News
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