Di Trump administration don launch im first major investigation into H-1B and PERM visa fraud, wit Labor Department Inspector General Anthony D’Esposito announcing di probe on Wednesday. D’Esposito tok say investigators don already begin to issue dozens of subpoenas as dem examine potential human trafficking and abuse of di visa system.
D’Esposito announce di investigation exclusively on “Mornings with Maria,” calling am di latest step in di administration’s expanding anti-fraud campaign. Dis come ahead of Vice President JD Vance’s nationwide fraud initiative event for Milwaukee wey go happun later today.
“Dis na anoda example where fraud dey fuel violent crime,” D’Esposito tok. “Much of di visa and di human trafficking wey we see when e come to dis foreign labor na tied to cartels, tied to transnational gangs, and dis na di work wey we suppose dey do, not only to make America safe again, but to make America more affordable again.”
Di Inspector General stress say di fraud no dey only for factories or manual labor. “Dese na people wey dey work for medical facilities and doctors’ offices wey dey actually put people for harm’s way,” e add.
Di tech industry dey heavily use H-1B visas, accounting for about 60% to 70% of all new applications for recent years. Oda top industries include consulting and professional services, engineering and manufacturing, healthcare and medical research, and higher education. California, New York, and Illinois dey among di top five states for applicants for dese visas, according to D’Esposito.
D’Esposito say di Trump administration’s goal na to make sure hardworking Americans “no dey see dia jobs taken away by foreigners or people wey dey game di system or financially benefiting from bringing dese individuals into America and putting dem into jobs wey, quite frankly, dem no qualify to do.”
Last month, a federal judge strike down President Donald Trump’s $100,000 fee requirement for employers wey dey seek H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers, ruling say di administration exceed im authority by imposing wetin amount to a tax wey only Congress fit authorize or delegate.
