Under the Donald Trump administration, the US Department of Labor launched its H-1B enforcement initiative, Project Firewall , to prioritise allocating job opportunities for highly skilled American workers. The September 19 directive aligned with the American president signing the proclamation “Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers,” requiring an $100,000 fee for new H-1B visa applications submitted after September 21.

The US government officials have gone over and beyond to highlight hefty accusations of visa “fraud,” “ scam ,” or “ abuse ,” claiming that companies backing the ‘specialty occupations’ nonimmigrant classification and its recipients has largely relied on “cheap” foreign workers to topple their American counterparts . As a result, the Department of L

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