A new report was released exposing massive fraud within the H-1B Guest worker Visa program.
A USCIS report, H-1B Benefit Fraud & Compliance Assessment, shows 21%, that is 1 in 5 H-1B Visas are fraudulent, or at minimum broke the rules. That does not even cover the many legal ways to subvert the program, displace U.S. citizens from their jobs and pay workers much less.
An internal report by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) examining the H-1B visa program has found evidence of forged documents and fake degrees, and even shell companies giving addresses of fake locations
Business Week interviewed outsourcing expert Dr. Ron Hira:
“We shouldn’t forget that the major problem with the H-1B program are caused by massive loopholes that allow firms to legally pay below-market wages and force US workers to train foreign replacements,” says Hira. “Those wouldn’t show up in this investigation because they are entirely legal.” Hira says that a bill proposed by Grassley and Senator Dick Durbin’s (D-Ill.) bill in 2007, S. 1035, would address both fraud and legal loopholes in the program.
Hira continues:
“I’m stunned by the high incidence, nearly one in five, of obvious fraud and serious violations in H1-B visas. That means that literally tens of thousands…
