# US Labour department inspects Dallas firms in H-1B visa fraud probe 2026-08-14T01:42:37+00:00 | World & Diplomacy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets US Department of Labor Inspector General Anthony P. D'Esposito travelled to Dallas this week to conduct door-to-door checks at a building linked to over 500 approved H-1B petitions. Investigators found offices locked and lights off, with little sign of business activity, as part of a nationwide crackdown on potential abuse of the foreign-worker visa program. The probe, coordinated with Vice President JD Vance’s anti-fraud task force, targets employers and the government rather than individual workers. D'Esposito called the H-1B program a 'criminal enterprise' that allows companies to undercut American wages. Separately, a proposed rule would scrap the 60-day grace period for laid-off H-1B workers, requiring them to leave the US immediately. ## Coverage - hindustantimes.com - timesofindia.indiatimes.com Tags: crackdown, Dallas investigation, H-1B visa, labour department, US immigration, Visa fraud Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/us-inspectors-check-dallas-firms-tied-to-500-h-1b-petitions/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/us-inspectors-check-dallas-firms-tied-to-500-h-1b-petitions/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.