Feds (finally) cracking down on H-1B abuses
Back before I gave up on the beat, I used to write quite a bit about abuses of the H-1B program, particularly by technology companies who exploited the program and foreign-born workers for cheap labor. Why did I give up? Covering the issue became a waste of time, because the government wouldn't actively investigate the program, and a mere shouting match between nativist anti-H-1B activists and the program's supporters is only interesting for so long when there are no new developments. But this past Thursday, there was, at long last, a real development: a federal grand jury indicted 11 people in six states for using the H-1B program to commit immigration fraud, and specifically for violating prevailing wage laws.
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