Vice President JD Vance said the Department of Labor has launched subpoenas and investigations into alleged H-1B visa fraud, arguing that American jobs should go to American workers rather than companies or foreign actors abusing the program.
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Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday that the Department of Labor has begun a broad enforcement push targeting alleged fraud in the H-1B visa program, describing the effort as part of the Trump administration’s campaign to protect American workers from abuse of federal employment visa systems.
Speaking in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Vance said the Labor Department has opened multiple investigations and issued subpoenas involving what he described as foreign actors exploiting the H-1B program.
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“I’m proud to announce that the federal Department of Labor has started dozens of subpoenas and investigations into foreign fraudsters who are trying to take advantage of the H-1B visa program,” Vance told the audience.
Vance said the administration’s position is rooted in a basic employment principle.
“Here’s a simple principle, ladies and gentlemen: American jobs ought to go to American workers and not foreign fraudsters, and the Department of Labor is fighting back against it,” Vance said.
The announcement places new federal scrutiny on a visa program that has long drawn criticism from U.S. technology workers and immigration-reduction advocates who argue it has been used by major companies and staffing firms to replace or undercut American graduates.
Vance and the Department of Labor framed the effort as an anti-fraud and anti-abuse initiative rather than a direct attack on the H-1B program itself. The program keeps at least 800,000 non-immigrant foreign contract workers in U.S. jobs, according to the information provided.
Vance said the H-1B visa was originally intended to allow highly skilled people in fields such as technology, science and medicine to work in the United States, but he argued that the program has been misused.
“I want to talk about another fraud crackdown, and this is almost hard to believe. We have a program called the H-1B visa program … Why does this program exist? This is a visa program that was set up to ensure that if you are 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,” Vance said.
“But 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 … We’re saying no more,” he continued.
Vance said those who attempt to misuse the program should not be allowed into the country.
“If you are trying to take advantage of that visa program, you are not allowed in to the United States of America. Today, I’m proud to announce that the federal Department of Labor has started dozens of subpoenas and investigations into foreign fraudsters who are trying to take advantage of the H 1b visa program,” Vance said.
The remarks were highlighted in an X post showing Vance discussing the Labor Department enforcement action.
The announcement drew a response from Kevin Lynn, founder of U.S. Tech Workers, a group that advocates for American professionals who say they have been displaced or disadvantaged by federal employment visa programs, including H-1B, J-1, F-1/OPT and L-1.
“The door is opening a little bit, and now we have to force it open further with massive action,” Lynn said.
Lynn urged technology workers to press lawmakers while members of Congress are back in their districts during the August break.
“The best way to demonstrate that is to set up appointments with your Congressmen and Senators while they’re back in their districts over over the August break … No congressman should come back from August, and either he or his staff not have had tech workers, you know, in their offices,” Lynn said.
Vance’s comments acknowledged growing frustration among white-collar workers over employment visa programs and signaled that the administration may be willing to pursue more aggressive enforcement against alleged abuses.
The investigations also give critics of the H-1B system a new opening to pressure lawmakers, including Republicans and Democrats, who face competing demands from displaced professionals and business groups that rely on foreign labor programs.
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