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   A group of U.S. tech companies have been accused of trying to game the   
   immigration system by colluding to file multiple applications for   
   individuals in the H-1B visa program that allows companies to hire skilled   
   foreign workers.   
      
   U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said it saw a large increase in   
   the number of duplicate applications submitted on behalf of the same   
   applicants, raising the possibility that companies colluded to submit   
   multiple entries for the same workers, thus raising their chances of   
   getting chosen in the lottery.   
      
   Duplicate applications were a big reason for the surge in H-1B visa   
   petitions this year, which saw a record 780,000 applications to a lottery   
   that awards 85,000 visas annually to skilled immigrants. According to   
   USCIS, more than half the applications, nearly 409,000, were for potential   
   foreign workers whose names were submitted multiple times.   
      
   The increase in applications this year from people whose names were   
   submitted only once was much smaller — 350,000, up from 309,000 last year.   
      
   Duplicate visa applications surge   
   Registrations for the H-1B visa lottery in recent years.   
   200K   
   400K   
   600K   
   2021   
   2022   
   2023   
   2024   
   241.3K28.1K   
   211.3K90.1K   
   309.2K165.2K   
   350.1K408.9K   
   Eligible registrations for individuals with a single applicationEligible   
   registrations for workers with multiple eligible applications   
   Source: USCIS. Dates indicate fiscal years.   
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   H-1B visas are designed for high-skilled foreign professionals, and are   
   popular in many tech companies. However, critics of the program have   
   charged that companies exploit it as a way to hire foreign workers for   
   cheaper pay than American employees would command, thus profiting at the   
   expense of both groups.   
      
   This surge in multiple entries "has raised serious concerns that some may   
   have tried to gain an unfair advantage by working together to submit   
   multiple registrations on behalf of the same beneficiary," the agency   
   said. "This may have unfairly increased their chances of selection."   
      
   The agency is investigating the possibility of fraud and has "denied and   
   revoked petitions accordingly, and is in the process of initiating law   
   enforcement referrals for criminal prosecution," the USCIS said.   
      
   While it's legal for multiple companies to extend H-1B visa applications   
   to the same prospective hire, they are not allowed to coordinate with   
   other companies about the worker. An employer attests, under penalty of   
   perjury, that an application represents a real job offer to the worker,   
   and that they have not "worked with, or agreed to work with, another   
   registrant, petitioner, agent or other individual or entity to submit a   
   registration to unfairly increase chances of selection for the beneficiary   
   or beneficiaries in this submission."   
      
   USCIS did not name the companies alleged to have operated the scheme.   
   According to the Wall Street Journal, which first reported the story, the   
   companies are small and little-known companies "in the tech and   
   information technology sectors." The Journal noted that some of them "were   
   potentially set up with the express purpose of submitting duplicate visa   
   lottery entries."   
      
   https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tech-companies-accused-of-gaming-the-h-1b-   
   lottery-system/   
      
   Execute the CEOs of those companies.  Cut their heads off and ram a stake   
   through it.   
      
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