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Five Defendants Charged with Defrauding and Exploiting H-2A Visa Program to Smuggle Aliens into the United States

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Five defendants have been charged with fraudulently obtaining H-2A agricultural worker visas and smuggling unauthorized aliens into the United States. USCIS supported the federal investigation that led to the indictment. The case highlights vulnerabilities in the temporary worker visa program to exploitation and trafficking schemes.
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) supported a federal investigation that resulted in the indictment of five people for their roles in a scheme to exploit a nonimmigrant visa worker program. The defendants fraudulently obtained worker visas and smuggled aliens into the United States. The U.S. Attorney for Southern District of Georgia made the announcement.

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