1.0Center for Public Integrityhttps://publicintegrity.orgJoe Yerardihttps://publicintegrity.org/author/joe-yerardi/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="sxpr07LsUL"><a href="https://publicintegrity.org/inequality-poverty-opportunity/workers-rights/cheated-at-work/wage-theft-investigations-violations/">By the numbers: Wage theft investigations, violations</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://publicintegrity.org/inequality-poverty-opportunity/workers-rights/cheated-at-work/wage-theft-investigations-violations/embed/#?secret=sxpr07LsUL" width="600" height="338" title="“By the numbers: Wage theft investigations, violations” — Center for Public Integrity" data-secret="sxpr07LsUL" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://publicintegrity.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Wage-theft-investigations2.png1642858Since 2011, the U.S. State Department has issued hundreds of thousands of H-2A and H-2B visas annually. At the same time, the U.S. Department of Labor has launched only hundreds of investigations each year into wage theft abuses against these workers. See the charts below for investigations launched and visas issued by year. Companies employing […]