Washington DC: The US Department of Labour on Thursday (local time) announced a "historic investigation" into alleged J-1 visa fraud involving nine major American universities, including Harvard, Yale, Stanford and MIT, alleging that the programme was being used to undercut the wages of American graduate students and researchers.
US Vice President JD Vance, speaking at a press conference on fighting visa fraud, said the administration had identified nine universities that "merit an investigation" over their use of J1 visas. The universities named are Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Brown, the University of Pittsburgh, UC Davis, Caltech, Arizona State University, and MIT.
