J-1 visa fraud: Harvard, Yale among 9 elite universities under investigation for alleged scam; 'Nobody will be getting a free pass because their name is carved into an expensive building'

Harvard University and 8 other elite institutions come under J-1 visa fraud investigation. Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Brown, the University of Pittsburgh, UC Davis, Caltech, Arizona State, and MIT are under investigation for alleged visa fraud, Vice President JD Vance announced, suggesting that these universities are exploiting the J-1 visa program to import cheaper students from overseas as an exchange program but only to evade higher payment to Americans. Unlike F-1 visa which is entirely student's visa, J-1 visa is meant for exchange students. It allows foreign nationals to work, study, train or teach in the US as part of a cultural and educational exchange. “Something weird is going on at these universities,” said Vance. “They’re using these visas way too much. They’re using them to undercut the wages of American grad students and American researchers, and it simply has to stop," Vance said.“Nobody will be getting a free pass because their name is carved into an expensive building,” said Labor Department watchdog Anthony D’Esposito, who reported that 61% of post-grad students at US universities come from overseas.“American taxpayers send billions of dollars to these universities ...