In a decision that could affect the immigration plan President Barack Obama announced on 20 November, a federal judge decided on 21 November that the Washington Alliance of Technology Workers (WashTech), an organization based in Bellevue, Washington, and affiliated with the
national Communication Workers of America (CWA) union, can bring a lawsuit challenging the federal government's right to extend
by executive action the authorization for
foreign students to work in the United States under the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program.
The Telecommunications Act of 1934 established: «For the purpose of regulating interstate and
foreign commerce in
communication by wire and radio so as to make available, so far as possible, to all the people of the United States, without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion,
national origin, or sex, a rapid, efficient, Nationwide, and world - wide wire and radio
communication service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges, for the purpose of the
national defense, for the purpose of promoting -LSB-...]