Just over a month after a US federal judge struck down the Trump administration’s proposed $100,000 fee requirement for H-1B applicants, the government has announced an investigation into potential fraud in this temporary work visa programme.
Also under scrutiny is a labour certification system that serves as the gateway to most employer-sponsored “green cards” that allow permanent residence in the US.
On Wednesday, US Vice President JD Vance said that the US was investigating foreigners involved in fraud related to the H-1B programme.
He said that the Federal Department of Labor had on Wednesday “started dozens of subpoenas and investigations into foreign fraudsters who are trying to take advantage of the H-1B visa programme.”
A subpoena is a written order to attend a court of law to give evidence.
“American jobs ought to go to American workers and not foreign fraudsters,” Vance declared.
US Department of Labor Inspector General Anthony D'Esposito told Fox Business on Wednesday that this was the Trump government’s “first major investigation” into...
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