A U.S. federal judge ruled the government cannot enforce its ban—which barred work-visa holders from entering the country until the end of the year—against employees of companies that are members of the National Association of Manufacturers, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Retail Federation or TechNet. (The Wall Street Journal)

Talking point: While the order is limited to the plaintiffs in the case, it significantly limits the ban’s effectiveness on the H-1B, a visa for highly skilled applicants most often used by tech workers. Of the 10 employers who received the most initial approvals in fiscal 2019, half are TechNet members—Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Apple. But the order doesn’t mitigate other parts of President Donald Trump’s June proclamation, which immigration lawyers said could also make it harder for workers already in the U.S. to renew their visas or be sponsored by employers for permanent residence. Canadian tech firms have moved to recruit H-1B holders affected or unsettled by the administration’s moves.