The Hindu, Times of India, November 26 reported that U.S. officials have continuously accused the H-1B visa system of large-scale fraud, with some regions in India receiving far more visas than the quota. The H-1B visa is a temporary work visa for hiring foreign technical talents in the U.S., and Indian citizens are the largest beneficiaries of this system. However, the Trump administration is currently tightening immigration policies and significantly increasing H-1B visa fees. Dave Brat, a former U.S. congressman from Virginia and economist, said that the annual H-1B visa quota is 85,000, but the Madras district (the capital city of Tamil Nadu, Chennai) in India received as many as 220,000, which is 2.5 times the quota. He stated that 71% of H-1B visa recipients come from India, far exceeding China's 12%, and these "technical talents" do not have the necessary qualifications, inevitably taking away job opportunities from American citizens. Mahvash Siddiqui, an Indian-American diplomat, further pointed out that 80% to 90% of H-1B visa applications from India are fraudulent. She revealed that she had reviewed H-1B visas at the U.S. Consulate in Chennai, India, between 2005 and 2007, during which time she found a large number of visa applications involving forged academic documents. Siddiqui said that after her team discovered cases of fraud, they reported it, but due to political pressure, the investigation was forced to be halted.
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