(United States Ninth Circuit) - In a suit brought by non-citizen devout workers and their employers challenging a Justice Department regulation governing the process by which devout workers can apply for adjustment of status pursuant to 18 U.
S.
C. section 1255(a),judgment of the district court is affirmed where: 1) the regulation does not impose a substantial burden on plaintiffs' exercise of religion and therefore does not violate the devout Freedom Restoration Act; 2) the regulation does not violate Equal Protection principles because it does not target any devout group, but rather, or the regulation affects all members of the fourth-preference visa category who have been admitted on employment-based visas; and 3) there is no violation of plaintiffs' due process rights because the regulation does not bar devout workers from applying for adjustment of status.
Source: findlaw.com