The H-1B visa program, which has effectively imported hundreds of thousands of immigrants, most of whom are from India, has gained much-needed attention in recent months as abuse of the system has come to light. On Friday, the Department of Labor provided an update on its September initiative, Project Firewall .

On Friday, the Department of Labor announced on X: "As part of our mission to protect American Jobs, we’ve launched 175 investigations into H-1B abuse."

The agency said that it had discovered a 'bounty of concerns.'

Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer said that the Department of Labor is "using every resource at our disposal to put a stop to H-1B abuse and protect American Jobs. Under the leadership of @POTUS, we’ll continue to invest in our workforce and ensure high-skilled job o

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