In a move that may shape the future of U.S. immigration policy, the U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to take up a challenge regarding the work authorisation for spouses of H-1B visa holders. The rule, introduced during the Obama administration in 2015, grants work privileges to the spouses of individuals holding H-1B visas for highly-skilled jobs. Advertisement

The petition, filed by Save Jobs USA, sought to challenge the ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, which affirmed that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had the authority to adopt the 2015 rule. The group argued that while DHS has the power to admit H-1B holders and their dependents into the U.S., federal immigration law prohibits these dependents, typically on H-4 visas, from working.

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