‘To Protect The American Worker’: Project Firewall To Check US Employers For H1-B Compliance

Last Updated:September 21, 2025, 09:56 IST

The Trump administration launched Project Firewall so that employers in the US “prioritise” American workers and can be held accountable if they “abuse the H-1B visa process”

The US Department of Labor said the Trump administration is standing by its commitment to end practices that leave Americans in the dust. (Image: Reuters/File)

Employers in the United States will be under heavy scrutiny for compliance as the Trump administration launched an H1-B “enforcement initiative”, which claims to “protect” American workers.

As new H1-B visa policy rules come into effect for immigrant workers, the US Department of Labour said it is launching Project Firewall so that employers “prioritise” skilled American workers and are held accountable if they “abuse the H-1B visa process”.

The department said the initiative is aimed to “protect American jobs through federal agency partnerships”, as per an official press release dated September 19. It said it will “safeguard the rights, wages, and job opportunities” of highly skilled American workers. 

“The Trump administration is standing by our commitment to end practices that leave Americans in the dust. As we reestablish economic dominance, we must protect our most valuable resource: the American worker. Launching Project Firewall will help us ensure no employers are abusing H-1B visas at the expense of our workforce,” said US Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer. “By rooting out fraud and abuse, the Department of Labor and our federal partners will ensure that highly skilled jobs go to Americans first.”

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