Seven Star, Inc. v. United States

SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs-appellants are the owners of five ballrooms in Los Angeles that employ workers from Mexico and Central America as dance hostesses. The plaintiffs originally applied to the Department of Labor (DOL) for alien employment certification to obtain H-2 temporary worker visas for their hostesses, pursuant to 8 U.S.C. §§ 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii) & 1184(c) and 20 C.F.R. § 655.101. After the DOL denied the visas, the plaintiffs resubmitted their applications to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) Los Angeles district office pursuant to 8 C.F.R. § 214.2. They…