US House bill proposes raising serious H-1B violation fines from $35,000 to $250,000 and extending employer bans from at least 3 years to 10 years as Washington’s visa crackdown intensifies

A new bill in the US House proposes raising H-1B visa violation fines from $35,000 to $250,000 and extending employer bans from 3 years to 10 years, amid intensified scrutiny of the foreign-worker system under the Trump administration.
A Republican lawmaker in the US House has introduced legislation that would significantly increase the penalties facing employers found to have committed serious violations of the H-1B visa programme, as scrutiny of the foreign-worker system grows un... [2540 chars]
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