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Now is the Time to Reform the H-1B Visa Program

Jason Pena — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 18:08:10 +0000

Every fiscal year, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) allocates up to 85,000 visas for the H-1B nonimmigrant visa program to temporarily fill specialty occupations in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields and other skilled disciplines. Foreign nationals must hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree to be selected. While the H-1B visa program’s proponents [...]

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Chinese Media Use H-1B Visas to Work Against U.S.

Bob Dane — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 08:14:22 +0000

State-controlled propaganda outlets from China are exploiting a U.S. visa program to embed reporters, editors and producers in America, according to Axios News. Ironically, China is tapping H-1B “skilled” visas, which are intended to bolster U.S. competitiveness by seeding American firms with educated workers from abroad. But Axios reports that these visas are also being [...]

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H-1B Visa Abuse: So Bad That Even Biden’s Crew Can’t Ignore It

Bob Dane — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 17:13:41 +0000

A California company was charged last month in a multimillion-dollar visa fraud and money-laundering scheme that filled U.S. tech jobs with foreign workers. The case was the latest in an ongoing string of immigration scams involving H-1B “skilled” visas. To cite just a few: An Indian company, with offices in Houston, admitted to running a [...]

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The Biden Administration Has Green-Lighted H-1B Abuse, and Employers and Labor Contractors are Flooring It

Ira Mehlman — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 21:38:45 +0000

Eliminating virtually all immigration enforcement is not the only “accomplishment” the Biden administration has achieved in its first year in office. While illegal migrants were streaming across our borders at a record clip over the past 12 months, the administration has also cleared the way for still more foreign nationals to enter the country legally [...]

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Did the Justice Department Punish Microsoft for Prioritizing American Workers?

Preston Huennekens — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 09:37:02 +0000

Microsoft settled with the Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding claims that the company discriminated against non-citizens during its hiring practices. The Justice Department claimed that Microsoft “discriminated against non-U.S. citizens based on their citizenship status during the early stages of Microsoft’s hiring process by asking them for unnecessary, specific immigration documents to prove they could [...]

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Lawsuit: Fake Filings Clog H-1B Visa Lottery and Game the System

Bob Dane — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 19:02:58 +0000

The Department of Homeland Security is conducting a third lottery for H-1B visas this year after U.S.-based Indian managers allegedly sold multiple tickets to their countrymen. A lawsuit charges that companies have swamped the system with fraudulent visa applications, and that DHS has taken no steps to root them out. “There is literally no follow-up [...]

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