Case Updates
D.C. Circuit denies en banc rehearing of decision upholding the Optional Practical Training student visa program
February 01, 2023
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U.S. Chamber and coalition of intervenors file brief opposing rehearing by the full D.C. Circuit in business groups’ successful defense of Optional Practical Training student visa program
December 01, 2022
Click here to view the brief. Paul W. Hughes and Andrew A. Lyons-Berg of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and the U.S. Chamber’s Litigation Center served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber.
Split D.C. Circuit panel upholds DHS program that permits foreign visitors on student visas to remain in the U.S. for a limited period of post-coursework Optional Practical Training
October 04, 2022
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The U.S. Chamber intervened as a defendant to defend the program, participating in the district court and again on appeal.
U.S. Chamber and coalition file appellee brief defending STEM OPT program, which permits some students in the United States on F-1 visas to remain after graduation for practical training
June 11, 2021
Click here to view the brief. Paul W. Hughes and Andrew A. Lyons-Berg of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and the U.S. Chamber’s Litigation Center served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber.
Case Documents
- Opinion -- Washington Alliance of Technology Workers v. DHS (USDC - District of Columbia).pdf
- Intervenors-Appellees Brief -- Washington Alliance of Technology Workers v. DHS (D.C. Circuit).pdf
- Opinion -- Washington Alliance of Technology Workers v. DHS (D.C. Circuit).pdf
- U.S. Chamber Coalition Amicus Brief (rehearing) -- Washington Alliance of Technology Workers v. DHS (D.C. Circuit).pdf
- Order Denying Rehearing En Banc -- Washington Alliance of Technology Workers v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DC Circuit).pdf