Citizenship and Immigration said it was pushing for prosecutions in cases where companies lied about having available jobs.
Federal authorities say they plan to seek criminal prosecution over fraudulent application schemes for the H-1B visa, heavily used by Silicon Valley technology companies to obtain foreign workers.
Not only has the number of applications risen sharply — from about 301,000 for 2022 to 474,000 for this year to 759,000 for next year — Citizenship and Immigration has seen many more cases of multiple companies submitting initial registrations for the same worker, the agency said in an online update Friday.
“It’s incredibly profitable to hire an H-1B worker instead of an American because they’re cheaper,” said Ron Hira, a Howard University professor who co-authoredCitizenship and Immigration said it was pushing for criminal prosecutions in cases where companies applying for an H-1B visa did not have an actual job for the proposed recipient, as is required under the H-1B program, but falsely attested that they did.
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