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H-1B employers face stricter rules

The federal government is doing something it has never done before: It's encouraging people to file H-1B abuse complaints. This week the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Labor each posted information about how to file a complaint against suspected H-1B abuse. It's a clear signal that government scrutiny of H-1B use will intensify and that the U.S. may challenge employers. But it creates a dilemma aptly summed up by Norm Matloff, a professor of computer science at the University of California at Davis, in a blog post titled, "American Victims of H-1B Get Their Chance -- Will They Take It?" There's good reason to believe that they won't. Many workers have been reluctant to file complaints. This includes H-1B visa holders who have been hurt by the system, but especially U.S. workers who have been displaced by it. This problem was illustrated by the Southern California Edison (SCE) layoffs in 2015. The Labor and Justice departments we