H-1B spouses’ H-4 work authorization means more job competition for U.S. workers: judges

H-1B spouses’ H-4 work authorization means more job competition for U.S. workers: judges

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https://www.siliconvalley.com/2019/11/08/h-1b-spouses-h-4-work-authorization-means-more-job-competition-for-u-s-workers-judges/

A group of technology workers, allegedly laid off and replaced by foreign citizens on the controversial H-1B visa, scored a major victory Friday in a lawsuit that seeks to scrap a rule granting employment to spouses of H-1B workers.

A federal appeals court panel ruled that the former technology workers have proven that H-1B holders compete against them for jobs and, crucially, that letting H-1B spouses work under the H-4 visa program’s employment authorization increases that competition because if the spouses couldn’t work, some H-1B holders would leave.