ISSUES

Judge Sides With Caltech and Others Over Proposed Immigration and Labor Rules for ‘Knowledge Economy’ Workers


A federal court has ruled against government efforts to rewrite and enact immigration and labor rules affecting “knowledge economy” physicians, researchers and scientists working at such places as Caltech, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USC and Stanford University.

“This is an important victory, not only for higher education but for the American economy,” said Miriam Feldblum, executive director of the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration, another plaintiff in the suit.

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