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DOL Notice of Preliminary Injunction Against Suspension of December 2008 H-2A Final Rule

6/26/09 AILA Doc. No. 09070662. Business Immigration, H-2A Agricultural Worker
DOL’s Office of Foreign Labor Certification posted a notice of a preliminary injunction issued by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina against the DOL’s suspension of the December 2008 H-2A Final Rule.

The Department of Labor's Office of Foreign Labor Certification posted the following notice on its website:

June 29, 2009: Suspension Enjoined

On June 29, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina issued a preliminary injunction against the Department's Final Suspension of the December 2008 Final H-2A Rule. As a result of this court action, and unless and until additional court action takes place, the Suspension is no longer in effect; the December 2008 Final Rule remains in effect.