Milwaukie, Wisconsin July 9 (ANI): US Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday, July 9,
announced that the US Department of Labor has launched investigations and
issued subpoenas against alleged foreign fraudsters accused of misusing the H-1B
visa program, saying the Trump administration would ensure the scheme does not
undermine American workers.
Speaking in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Vance said the action was part of a broader fraud
enforcement effort aimed at protecting taxpayer money and preventing misuse of visa
programs.
“We have a program called the H-1B visa program. This goes to show how
broad-based the fraud task force is. We’re fighting for your taxpayer money, but we’re
also making sure that fraudsters don’t take advantage of these visa programs,”
Vance said.
Explaining the purpose of the H-1B program, Vance said it was created to allow
highly skilled professionals, including scientists, doctors and technology experts, to
work in the United States.
“Now why does this program exist? This is a visa program that was set up to
ensure that if you were a brilliant technology person, or a brilliant scientist, or a
brilliant doctor, you could come to the United States and get access to this visa
program,” he said.
However, Vance alleged that large corporations and overseas entities were misusing
the program to reduce wages for American workers.
“But you know what’s happening way too much is that big corporations and fraudsters
overseas are using this program to undercut the wages of American workers,” he
said.
“So you know what we’re doing in the Trump administration? We’re saying, ‘No more.
If you are trying to take advantage of that visa programme, you are not allowed in to
the United States of America,’” Vance added.
Vance said the Federal Department of Labour has initiated “dozens of subpoenas and
investigations” into entities accused of attempting to exploit the H-1B visa system.
“American jobs ought to go to American workers and not foreign fraudsters, and the
Department of Labor is fighting back against it!” he said.