In a striking new feature in The San Francisco Standard, Rosanna Berardi, Esq., Managing Partner of Berardi Immigration Law, weighed in on a growing immigration crisis that is tearing families apart and upending lives across the Bay Area and beyond. The article centered on hundreds, and potentially thousands, of H-1B visa holders stranded abroad due to a new social media screening policy rolled out by the U.S. State Department in December, leaving spouses separated from their children and workers cut off from their jobs for months with no end in sight.
During the feature, Rosanna pulled no punches about who is bearing the burden of this policy and what it means for people who have done everything right. “These are individuals who were lawfully in the U.S.,” said immigration attorney Rosanna Berardi. “The government’s playing games with social media vetting. And we have no ETA on when [they] are coming back.” Her words captured not only the legal absurdity of the situation, but the very real human cost unfolding in households from San Jose to Oakland.
Rosanna also used the platform to contextualize the crisis within the broader immigration landscape, making clear that while the current administration’s crackdown is often associated with illegal immigration, law-abiding visa holders are feeling the impact just as acutely. Berardi Immigration Law is currently representing a dozen H-1B clients stranded abroad, and Rosanna is now advising all clients to consult with her office before traveling internationally because there is simply no guarantee of return.
For employers, employees, and families across the country navigating the H-1B process, Rosanna’s insights serve as both a warning and a call to action. Behind every visa application and stamping appointment are real people; parents separated from their children, spouses carrying the weight of single parenthood, workers watching their careers deteriorate from thousands of miles away.
Read the full article here: https://sfstandard.com/2026/03/18/h1b-visa-families-separated-india/
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