One of Alaska’s premier arts organizations is suing the federal government after immigration officials blocked the hiring of a non-American theater manager. (via AlaskaBeacon)
One of Alaska’s premier arts organizations is suing the federal government after immigration officials blocked the hiring of a non-American theater manager. against federal immigration officials on Friday in Alaska District Court, seeking an H-1B visa exemption for Denush Vidanapathirana, a technical theater manager in a year-round job.
In this case, Vidanapathirana ran programs for the camp and was in charge of the Sitka School District’s multimillion-dollar performing arts center. He and other staff wanted to keep Vidanapathirana on staff permanently, so they consulted an immigration attorney, Anchorage-based Nicolas Olano, who guided them through the process of filing for an expedited visa waiver, but the Department of Homeland Security rejected that request, saying it didn’t meet federal standards.“It just rubs me the wrong way what they’re doing here,” Olano said.
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