August 04, 2026
Professional, skilled workers seeking employment-based visas urged a D.C. federal judge not to toss their lawsuit challenging the gold card visa program, arguing they will suffer injury because the expedited application allows wealthy individuals to skip ahead in line.
April 29, 2026
The Trump administration said a suit challenging the gold card visa program's legality must be thrown out because the immigrants and academic professionals union that filed it can't show the program hurts their chances at getting visas.
February 03, 2026
Immigrants and an academic professionals union filed suit Tuesday to block President Donald Trump's "gold card" visa program, telling a D.C. federal court that the "pay-to-play" program unlawfully takes visas away from professionals the existing employment-based visa system prioritizes.