ISSUES

Caltech, USC join lawsuit to block Trump’s new H-1B visa rules


Caltech, USC and four other research institutions and public universities have filed suit in federal court to block the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Labor from implementing rules to limit the number of foreign high-skilled workers allowed to work in the United States.

Also party to the action are the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration and business, manufacturing, trade and labor organizations.