70 Indians sue the US for not giving them H-1B cards because their bosses lied.

About 70 Indian citizens are fighting the US government, saying that their H-1B visa applications were unfairly turned down because their companies lied on their applications.

These people were part of a training program for foreign college and university grads from the US. Even though they had nothing to do with their bosses' fraud, they had to deal with it when their visa applications were turned down.

TechGig.com said that because of this, they filed a case in a federal district court in Washington State to get justice for the unfair treatment they've received.

The claimants say that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) made a mistake when it refused them H-1B specialty occupation cards without giving them a chance to respond to the claims of fraud.The grads want the court to reject DHS's decision so that they can react to the theft claims before a decision is made about whether or not they can come to the US.

The case says that DHS went beyond its power and broke the Administrative Procedure Act by labeling the plaintiffs as "inadmissible" without proper proof or due process.

Also, the agency's failure to tell visa applicants about the steps taken against them is a mistake in procedure, which shows how important fair treatment is.Many international students choose the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program, which lets them work in the US for a certain amount of time after they finish school.

This program is especially good for STEM graduates who want to start jobs in the U.S. while applying for long-term visas like the H-1B. But the claimants' ties to certain IT hiring companies have led them down a confusing road where they are accused of cheating their employers.

These grads worked for four IT hiring companies that were allowed to take part in the OPT program. These companies were Andwill Technologies, AzTech Technologies LLC, Integra Technologies LLC, and WireClass Technologies LLC.

Even so, it turned out that the companies had been doing false things. Now, the grads are trying to show that they are innocent and get over the bad effects of what their bosses did. One of the claimants, Siddhartha Kalavala Venkata, saw the effects for himself. He worked through the OPT program, but his old employer's acts caused his visa to be denied, techgig said.

Venkata and others like him are having a hard time with how badly they are being treated. They want a chance to react to accusations so that their dreams of making a life and career in the US are not unfairly crushed.