U.S. Department
of Justice
Payment of Back Wages to Alien Physicians Hired Under the H-1B Visa Program
Date of Issuance:
Headnotes
The statute authorizing the H-1B visa program does not waive the federal government’s sovereign immunity. Therefore, an administrative award of back wages to alien physicians hired by the Department of Veterans Affairs under the program is barred by sovereign immunity.
Updated June 23, 2015