Inspector General - U.S. Department of Labor

09/07/2026

honors the American workers who built this nation, not those who steal their jobs through fraud.

To those people: this only strengthens our resolve.

DOL OIG is coming for you. 🇺🇸

09/05/2026

American jobs are for American workers, not corporate schemes.

I join AAG Harmeet K. Dhillon, Acting Secretary Keith Sonderling, and The White House Fraud Task Force in putting employers on notice:

Discriminate against Americans. Abuse foreign labor programs. Commit fraud.

We’re coming.

The Justice Department's civil rights section is investigating numerous allegations of anti-American discrimination, says Harmeet Dhillon.

09/04/2026

This week:
Money laundering. Foreign labor exploitation. Theft from programs meant to help Americans.

Prison. Restitution. Consequences.

Alongside Vice President JD Vance’s White House Fraud Task Force and United States Department of Justice Fraud Division, DOL OIG is following the money and crushing fraud wherever it hides.
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https://www.oig.dol.gov/public/Press%20Releases/OIG-Press-Release-090326.htm

09/04/2026

162,000 JOBS. Nearly triple expectations.

President Donald J. Trump and Vice President JD Vance are creating opportunity for American workers.

Our job at DOL OIG: PROTECT IT.

Fraud steals jobs, wages and opportunity from Americans.
We won't let it happen.

The U.S. economy added 162,000 jobs in August and the unemployment rate held steady at 4.1 percent. Economists had expected the economy to add 55,000 jobs | Economy

09/04/2026

This , we’re heading into with one mission: protect American workers.

Fraud steals jobs, wages and opportunity. DOL OIG and Acting Secretary Keith Sonderling backed by President Donald J. Trump and Vice President JD Vance’s White House Fraud Task Force is fighting back.

American workers always come first.

09/03/2026

ICYMI: 162 foreign workers recruited. Illegal fees. Wages cut. Workers exploited.

Now: federal prison + restitution.

Foreign labor fraud is a crime.

With help of The White House Fraud Task Force, DOL OIG will follow fraud, protect workers and deliver handcuffs.

Jorge Vasquez, 65, had previously served time for similar crimes.

09/03/2026

Happy Thursday.

Let’s get down to business.

09/01/2026

Union president by title.
Fraudster by verdict.

Convicted of wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering.

Steal from workers you’re supposed to represent and DOL OIG, The United States Department of Justice Fraud Division alongside President Donald J. Trump and Vice President JD Vance's White House Fraud Task Force deliver consequences.

09/01/2026

Are universities saving tens of millions of dollars by using J-1 and OPT workers instead of American workers?

And are those programs being used the way the law intended?

Sounds like something worth investigating…

09/01/2026

Foreign labor fraud has consequences.

162 workers. Illegal visa fees. Lies to the government.

Now: federal prison.

DOL OIG, The White House Fraud Task Force, The United States Department of Justice Los Ageles, Diplomatic Security Service deliver for America.

A Santa Barbara County man was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in federal prison for illegally collecting tens of thousands of dollars in fees from Mexican nationals in exchange for visas permitting them to be employed as farmworkers in the United States, then paying them at a reduced rate....