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Businessman gets prison time for work visa fraud

Associated Press — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:39:17 +0000

GULFPORT — A 41-year-old South Florida businessman has been sentenced to prison, fined and ordered to pay $197,000 to 29 victims of visa fraud. The Sun Herald reports Michael V. Lombardi received a prison term of four years and three months, was fined $10,000 and given three years of probation after he serves his full [...]

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Advocates push for more reforms to foreign student visa program

Associated Press — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 14:42:24 +0000

JACKSON — The State Department should add housekeepers to a list of prohibited jobs for foreign college students who spend their summers in the United States as part of cultural exchange program that has left participants vulnerable to exploitation, an advocacy group said yesterday. The State Department announced major changes to the J-1 Summer Work [...]

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Cochran cosponsors amendment postponing changes to visa program

MBJ Staff — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:30:46 +0000

WASHINGTON — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) is co-sponsoring an amendment to again stop the U.S. Department of Labor from implementing new regulations for a temporary foreign worker visa program that, according to Cochran, would make it harder for seasonal industries, like shrimping, to survive. Cochran is vice chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee that approved [...]

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