The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) has sued U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, asking a U.S. District Court judge to allow nonimmigrants to maintain legal status amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to reports, for example, some Chinese workers in the United States have lost their H-1B visas following layoffs and are finding it too difficult to find a new job during the pandemic and too expensive or restricted to reserve a flight home to China.

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