The US Department of Labor’s inspector general has taken the H-1B visa fraud crackdown directly into the field, conducting checks at Dallas-area locations connected to companies that have received hundreds of approved H-1B petitions.
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The Dallas operation follows a broader anti-fraud initiative announced by the DOL OIG in July. Inspector General Anthony P. The agency did not say that the companies or all of the H-1B petitions were fraudulent. Instead, the field checks form part of an ongoing investigation into potential abuse of the foreign labor system.
D’Esposito traveled to Dallas this week as part of a nationwide investigation into suspected fraud involving the foreign-worker visa program, according to a US Department of Labor Office of Inspector General (DOL OIG) announcement issued August 13. Investigators conducted door-to-door inquiries at a multi-story building where numerous businesses were linked to more than 500 approved H-1B applications.
Several offices appeared inactive, with locked doors, lights off and little evidence that businesses were operating, according to the OIG. D’Esposito said the investigation is focused not only on paperwork but also on protecting the integrity of the immigration system and US workers. “We are sending a clear message: fraud in our foreign labor programs will not be tolerated,” D’Esposito said in the agency’s statement. He said investigators and auditors were responding to hotline complaints and following leads as part of the nationwide effort. The agency said the effort is being pursued in coordination with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance ’s White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud.
