In a big relief to foreign workers in the US technology sector, a judge ruled that spouses of H-1B visa holders can now work in the United States.<br />''<br />''The decision was made as US District Judge Tanya Chutkan dismissed a lawsuit filed by Save Jobs USA, which had approached the court to revoke the Obama-era regulation that gave employment authorisation cards to spouses of certain categories of H-1B visa holders.<br />''<br />''Save Jobs USA is an organisation comprising IT workers who claim they lost their jobs to H-1B workers. Tech giants such as Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft had opposed the lawsuit. The US has so far issued nearly 1,00,000 work authorisations to spouses of H-1B workers.<br />''<br />''While Save Jobs USA said it plans to appeal against the court ruling, Ajay Bhutoria, a prominent community leader and advocate for immigrant rights, applauded the court's decision to allow H-1B spouses to work and support their families.<br />''<br />''Allowing H-1B spouses to work is not just a matter of economic fairness, but it is also a matter of family unity and stability.<br />''<br />''I applaud the court's decision, and I hope that this is just the first step towards a more compassionate and equitable immigration system," he said.<br />''<br />''The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Technology companies depend on it to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China.</span><br />