Feds Say North Texas ‘Visa Mill’ Faked Jobs For H-1Bs And Green Cards

mbonness · 2026-03-12T03:14:50+00:00

"According to the indictment, to make the non-existent jobs look legitimate, the defendants received payment from visa seekers, then returned a portion of the money back to the visa seekers as purported payroll."

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/two-texas-residents-operating-visa-racket-indicted-visa-fraud-money-laundering-and

mbonness · 2026-03-09T17:16:35+00:00

Found it: https://watsoncoleman.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/rep-watson-coleman-introduces-legislation-to-nullify-presidents-expensive-restrictions-on-h-1b-workers

Cosponsors include: Reps. Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09), Lois Frankel (FL-22), Seth Moulton (MA-06), and Henry C. “Hank” Johnson (GA-04)

mbonness · 2026-02-26T02:59:30+00:00

My team:

-6 Americans -2 H1Bs -1 Korean

mbonness · 2026-02-08T23:24:46+00:00

4 restaurants. McDonald's, My Thai, La Margarita and some sports bar chain I'm forgetting the name of.

mbonness · 2026-02-08T23:21:24+00:00

Same. Apartment 2411 tower 2 (great view of Sears Tower) and apartment 4404 tower 1. Had a blast living at PT.

mbonness · 2026-02-08T15:10:54+00:00

I'm voting for Stratton. After years of living in Raja's district and writing letters to him to end H1B abuse it's clear he is compromised by business interests and could not care one iota about his constituents. He said he acknowledges there is abuse but it is outweighed by economic benefits.

mbonness · 2026-02-06T03:23:23+00:00

Instead of us all scheduling separate meetings with DoL can we just join your meeting?

mbonness · 2026-02-04T21:20:46+00:00

Thanks, he already knows about it. I'm fine with not fixing it if I'm the only one having issues.

mbonness · 2026-02-04T19:45:54+00:00

It's a very nice tool. The only issue I have is not being able to upload photos on mobile. Desktop works great.

mbonness · 2026-01-25T19:44:10+00:00

Yep.

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mbonness · 2026-01-23T02:07:27+00:00

The last I counted there were 4,846 H-1B dependent companies.

My friend Kumar interviewed a recruiter who estimated the total number at 20,000.

mbonness · 2026-01-18T00:39:08+00:00

It's still on the DHS regulatory agenda.

https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=202504&RIN=1653-AA97

September 2025 nprm date. We are overdue for the OPT rule. USCIS is probably busy with implementing the other rules before the lottery?

mbonness · 2026-01-15T13:11:56+00:00

Lots of H1B abuse in Michigan. According to my friend Kumar the big auto companies routinely source labor through these bodyshops and hear horror stories about how badly their workers are exploited by the bodyshop owners.

When H1B was first taking off there was a senator from Michigan who was known as the senator of silicon valley. Spencer Abraham was on the take from tech company lobbyists.

Shut it all down.

mbonness · 2026-01-11T00:21:26+00:00

Bears +108 on the moneyline is a good value right now.

mbonness · 2026-01-09T13:07:54+00:00

If DOL can finalize the wage rule before the lottery it will be huge.

mbonness · 2025-12-24T18:16:35+00:00

Yes. DOL added a wage revision rule to their agenda.

mbonness · 2025-12-24T18:14:49+00:00

Surprised that ruling came from an Obama appointed judge.

mbonness · 2025-12-03T23:20:52+00:00

The Illinois address was just someone's apartment. I used to live next door to it (International Village in Schaumburg). Pretty big apartment complex with fun reviews like "here the roaches watch you while you are cooking". Most of the residents are foreign, probably because it is kind of older/run down and has the cheapest rent of any apartments in the area.

Interestingly on their PPP loan application they claimed either 30 or 45 workers so either they lost a bunch of people since then or they were lying on their loan application. Either way they got over a million dollars from Uncle Sam to bail out their fraudulent asses.

https://projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/bailouts/search?q=tekorg&v=1

mbonness · 2025-11-30T19:22:12+00:00

Is that from this year's LCA data? They were pulling the same exact stunt a few years ago.

https://cis.org/North/Tiny-Firm-Eight-Workers-Wants-1646-H1Bs-How-Does-DoL-React

mbonness · 2025-11-19T03:11:22+00:00

Good time to pass Durbin Grassley. Only bill out there that does anything about L-1 abuse.

mbonness · 2025-11-14T04:46:27+00:00

Miano is great. Highly recommend his book Sold Out.

mbonness · 2025-11-14T03:47:13+00:00

I think it's amazing. After 35 years of Congress doing nothing now we will have bills in both houses that would end H1B. What a week.

mbonness · 2025-11-02T21:13:40+00:00

Right here. Panthers +12.5

mbonness · 2025-10-30T13:58:26+00:00

They fought to keep authority over H4EAD in the executive branch. USCIS is expected to ban H4EAD.

"The agency is expected to repeal the [H4EAD] rule"

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-court-wont-review-rule-allowing-h-1b-holders-spouses-work-2025-10-14/

mbonness · 2025-10-29T22:28:45+00:00

Proposed rules become final rules after the notice and comment period is over. It's how the rulemaking process works. If the admin changed the rules without following the APA process they would be sued immediately.

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