The US Citizenship and Immigration Service (DHS CIS) has released an internal report stating 20.7% fraud in the H-1B visa program.
Senator Grassley release of CIS report
KEY STATISTICAL FINDINGS:
The key statistical findings and estimates are:
• Number of Fraud or Technical Violation(s) Cases in BFCA sample:
There were a total of 51 cases within the sample of 246 H-1B petitions that were confirmed as representing fraud, a technical violation, and/or multiple technical violations. For BFCA reporting purposes, these 51 cases contain final determinations of either fraud or technical violation(s). (It should also be noted that not all violations will rise to the level that would warrant a criminal investigation or prosecution. However, the H-1B program vulnerabilities and abuses identified through this assessment need not lead to a criminal investigation and/or prosecution in order to be reported for BFCA purposes since systemic vulnerabilities ultimately may contribute to higher rates of successful fraudulent filings.)
The percentage breakdown is as follows:
Fraud: 13.4% (33 cases)
Technical Violation(s): 7.3% (18 cases)
Overall Violation Rate: 20.7% (21%)
Over 600,000 science and engineering degrees are granted annually from American universities.(1)
The US produces only 120,000 science and engineering jobs per year (much less lately).(2)
That leaves 480,000 US graduates per year without jobs in their chosen careers. Add to this over 250,000 H-1B, L-1, and trade visas each year. Half a million Americans are losing their jobs to cheap foreign technical workers every year. Another half million Americans waste their S&E degrees on non-S&E jobs.
SOURCES:
(1) Tabulated by National Science Foundation/Division of Science Resources Statistics
(NSF/SRS); data from Department of Education/National Center for Education Statistics: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System Completions Survey and NSF/SRS: Survey of Earned Doctorates.
NCES report
(2) DOL BLS report (.pdf) page 83
H-1B and L-1 visas are the Trojan Horse to offshoring of American Jobs.
Exporting America
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