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NRI IMMIGRATION 74 H4 immigrants put on thin ice by Trump Government The H4 visa nightmare is happening yet again! It doesn’t take a Trump executive order to make the H1B community run for cover - a series of measures by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services and other government arms to tighten the screws is good enough. WWW.WISHESH.COM | JANUARY 2018 This latest whiplash which skewers the one bright spot in the H4 visa - PTI reports the “Trump administration has sought a 60-day suspension in the appeals court proceedings” in a follow up of an ongoing case filed by Save Jobs USA which has found new resolve after the Trump win last November. Save Jobs USA wants the government to dial back the H4 work authorization and this is not a new demand. They have been at it ever since the benefit was conferred on certain category of H4 workers in 2015. On February 1, the Department of Justice filed a petition in