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Search results for "Foreign worker visas are rife with fraud"

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Bernie Sanders stated on January 02, 2025 in a statement to the media:
H-1B guest workers are “being employed as dog trainers, massage therapists, cooks, and English teachers.”
By Amy Sherman• January 9, 2025
Michael Bloomberg stated on July 27, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic convention:
Says Donald Trump "games the U.S. visa system so he can hire temporary foreign workers at low wages."
By Amy Sherman• July 28, 2016
Ted Cruz stated on May 02, 2016 in a TV ad:
Says Donald Trump "brings in hundreds of foreign workers to replace Americans."  
By Joshua Gillin, Amy Sherman• May 6, 2016
X posts stated on September 19, 2025 in an X post:
Thirty percent of U.S. medical residents are international medical graduates, and 10,000 of 43,000 residency spots are filled by H-1B visa holders.
By Maria Briceño• October 2, 2025
Marco Rubio stated on January 30, 2013 in a blog post on RedState.com:
The United States does "not have a system through which growers and dairies can bring a workforce legally into the U.S."
By Amy Sherman• February 18, 2013
Patrick Leahy stated on March 08, 2017 in a House Judiciary Committee hearing:
Wealthy foreigners can obtain visas through a special program, but only a small number "invest in true high-unemployment areas. Almost every other EB-5 project uses gerrymandering to qualify as distressed."
By Miriam Valverde• March 21, 2017
Jeb Bush stated on June 30, 2013 in a Wall Street Journal op-ed:
Says "Canada has one-tenth of our population—yet it issues far more high-skilled visas (more than 150,000) yearly than we do (65,000)."
By Jon Greenberg• July 10, 2013
Viral image stated on July 25, 2022 in a Facebook post:
A cure for cancer, known as a Rife machine, was found in 1934.
By Grace Abels• July 29, 2022
Facebook posts stated on January 31, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Hundreds of ‘illegals’ were dropped off at Florida hotel.
By Jeff Cercone• February 1, 2022
David Perdue stated on November 01, 2017 in a tweet:
The diversity visa lottery is "plagued by fraud."
By Miriam Valverde• November 6, 2017
Donald Trump stated on February 05, 2017 in an interview with Bill O'Reilly:
Says "109 people out of hundreds of thousands of travelers" were affected by the immigration executive order.
By Linda Qiu• February 6, 2017
Donald Trump stated on August 16, 2016 in a speech:
Says Hillary Clinton is "proposing to print instant work permits for millions of illegal immigrants to come in and take everybody's jobs, including low-income African-Americans."
By Tom Kertscher• August 18, 2016
Facebook posts stated on November 10, 2015 in a Facebook comment:
"Illegal immigrants mow the grass around the (Texas) Capitol."
By W. Gardner Selby• November 27, 2015
Rand Paul stated on April 23, 2014 in a news conference:
40 percent of illegal immigrants "had a visa and then became illegal," mostly because "they changed jobs."
By Tom Kertscher• April 29, 2014
Jeff Greene stated on June 22, 2010 in a U.S. Senate Democratic primary debate:
"We have that program where immigrants come here and they have to bring a million dollars in order to get a green card if they’re going to create jobs."
By Cristina Silva• June 29, 2010
Karen Handel stated on July 18, 2013 in a Twitter post:
"The Senate immigration bill is … filled with things like rewards for au pair agencies, Alaskan seafood processors and Vegas casinos."
By Janel Davis• July 26, 2013
Kevin McCarthy stated on August 15, 2018 in a speech:
"Half of everyone that’s here illegally (in the U.S.) came here legally on a visa and have overstayed their visa."
By Chris Nichols• August 24, 2018
Donald Trump stated on February 02, 2017 in a Facebook post:
"Smart! 'Kuwait issues its own Trump-esque visa ban for five Muslim-majority countries.' "
By Louis Jacobson• February 7, 2017
Club for Growth stated on August 01, 2011 in in a radio ad:
Says state Rep. Sandy Pasch "did nothing to stop" people from scamming the Wisconsin Shares child-care subsidy program and voted against funding for fraud investigators.
By James B. Nelson• August 5, 2011
Lou Dobbs stated on November 15, 2018 in on Fox Business Network:
"We are watching, you know, millions of illegal immigrants cross our borders, and many of them voting in the past election that's what, just a couple weeks ago."
By John Kruzel• November 16, 2018

Articles (2717)

What are H-1B visas and how does the Trump administration propose changing them?

By Amy Sherman• August 13, 2025

PolitiFact Sheet: Jared Kushner, Kushner Companies, EB-5 visas and Chinese investors

By Miriam Valverde• May 15, 2017

Trump’s transgender athlete order includes an immigration fraud penalty. Why?

By Grace Abels• February 20, 2025

What to know about B-1 visas that some detainees from the Hyundai plant used to enter the US

By Maria Briceño, Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 10, 2025

Fact-check: Trump misleads about birthright citizenship, birth tourism before SCOTUS hearing

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• March 31, 2026

Ask PolitiFact: What evidence does the government need to deport green card, visa holders?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 26, 2025

PolitiFact Florida's top 5 in July 2016

By Joshua Gillin, Amy Sherman• August 8, 2016

The misinformation trap: the business of misleading migrants

By Daniela Mendoza, Patricia Mercado Sánchez, Julie Ricard• July 3, 2023

Compare the candidates: Clinton vs. Trump on immigration

By Miriam Valverde• July 15, 2016

Can felony convictions hinder Trump’s international travel? Here’s what we know

By Jeff Cercone• June 4, 2024

Donald Trump’s misleading claims about immigration in State of the Union address

By Miriam Valverde• January 31, 2018

New US visa bonds program: What is a visa bond? Who is affected?

By Gabrielle Lazor, Samantha Putterman• August 5, 2025

Canadian nurses and Trump's plan to renegotiate NAFTA

By Miriam Valverde• March 28, 2017

Immigration plans by Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis face obstacles

By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• July 20, 2023

Can green card, visa holders fly in the US under new Real ID rules? Here's what to know

By Maria Briceño• May 12, 2025

Fact-checking a viral graphic critical of Bernie Sanders

By Louis Jacobson, Clayton Youngman• September 22, 2015

Trump visa policy chills free speech, lawyer for journalists, researchers tells federal judge

By Louis Jacobson• May 13, 2026

Fact-checking the third night of the Democratic National Convention

By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy• July 28, 2016

Trump said 'We will always allow people to come in legally,' but his actions say otherwise

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• February 27, 2026

Lindsey Graham: 'I've never met an illegal Canadian'

By Miriam Valverde• March 8, 2017