Feds Take Aggressive Stance on H-1B Visa Enforcement

Computerworld reports that "USCIS is planning a massive expansion of onsite inspections of companies hiring H-1B workers. "US immigration officials are taking H-1B enforcement from the desk to the field with a plan to conduct 25,000 on-site inspections of companies hiring foreign workers over this fiscal year. The move marks a nearly five-fold increase in inspections over last fiscal year, when the agency conducted 5,191 site visits under a new site inspection program."

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