The Trump administration has unveiled anticipated reforms to employment-based immigration, targeting the H-1B visa program and foreign student work opportunities and revising wage methodologies for seasonal workers. These changes could impact universities, consulting firms, and tech companies that traditionally rely on foreign talent. However, the future of these proposals remains uncertain, leaving stakeholders to anticipate potential regulatory shifts.
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services also plans to amend its regulations governing employment-based green card petitions filed by employers. A proposed rule would implement reforms to ensure the integrity of the program.
In other recent legal news, a court rejected the direct threat defense in an Americans with Disabilities Act case.
A company argued that the court erred in finding that a truck driver was denied employment on account of his disability. According to the company, its decision not to hire was based on the consequences of the plaintiff's deafness, not his deafness itself. The company argued that he could not safely engage in contemporaneous communications with the trainer without diverting his eyes from the road because he needed to rely on a backseat translator.
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed. It explained that the company's reasons for not hiring him were not a consequence of his deafness but rather mere explanations of his deafness.
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