BOSTON – A Dominican national pleaded guilty to Social Security fraud in federal court in Boston as the result of an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) federal Document and Benefit Fraud Task Force investigation into a conspiracy involving the use of fraudulent driver’s licenses to […]
Companies Have Paid $5 Billion in Government-Mandated Fees to Hire H-1B Visa Holders Since 1999. Arlington, VA – A new report by the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP), an Arlington, Va.-based policy research group, finds H-1B visa fees paid by employers have funded nearly 90,000 college scholarships for U.S. […]
PHILADELPHIA — On Thursday, March 21, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers removed a Iranian citizen convicted in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida (SDFL) of conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) for illegally exporting aviation parts […]
LOS ANGELES – Federal authorities this morning arrested five defendants linked to a scheme that helped Chinese nationals obtain student visas by hiring individuals who used fake Chinese passports to take an English proficiency test for the foreign students. The arrests were made pursuant to a 26-count indictment returned on […]