‘H-1B worker not carrying out duties…’: US immigration attorney outlines ‘red flags’ to look out for amid raids

As US immigration enforcement intensifies across major cities, immigration attorneys are warning employers to prepare for unannounced inspections by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Fraud Detection and National Security (FDNS) division, particularly under the H-1B and L-1 visa programmes.

Immigration attorney Sarah Monty-Arnoni from Employment & Litigation Partner at Monty & Ramirez LLP in Houston explained to Financialexpress.com that FDNS site visits are fundamentally different from regular H-1B compliance checks.