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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Higginson finds the district court properly dismissed this case brought by the work visa petitioner who was denied a “national-interest waiver,” which can be used by holders of advanced degrees to obtain a visa without a current job offer. Review of an agency decision or action is precluded if the “authority for” the decision or action “is specified … to be in the discretion of the Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland Security.” Review by the district court is jurisdictionally barred. Affirmed.
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