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H-1B visa sponsors put on ice by Labor Department after Sara Gonzales' investigative reporting

Department of Labor Inspector General Anthony D'Esposito just clamped down on two major visa sponsors. D'Esposito suspended Cognizant and Cloudera's Program Electronic Review Management pipelines and H-1B applications on Tuesday.

H-1B visa sponsors put on ice by Labor Department after Sara Gonzales' investigative reporting

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Department of Labor Inspector General Anthony D'Esposito just clamped down on two major visa sponsors.

D'Esposito suspended Cognizant and Cloudera's Program Electronic Review Management pipelines and H-1B applications on Tuesday.

He sat down with Gonzales to break down the Trump administration's progress on the foreign labor issue.

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Department of Labor Inspector General Anthony D'Esposito just clamped down on two major visa sponsors. D'Esposito suspended Cognizant and Cloudera's Program Electronic Review Management pipelines and H-1B applications on Tuesday. He sat down with Gonzales to break down the Trump administration's progress on the foreign labor issue.

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  • "It's a bad time to be a fraudster right now, in the Trump 2.0 America," Gonzales said at the top of the show.
  • 'Handcuffs await.' PERM is a regulatory hurdle employers must clear before they are allowed to sponsor employees' green cards.
  • D'Esposito spearheaded a nationwide probe in July alongside acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling and the White House Fraud Task Force.

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BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales' war on H-1B abuse is bearing fruit:

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