Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched a sweeping investigation into suspected abuse of the H-1B visa program in Texas, and he means business. Paxton’s office issued Civil Investigative Demands to three North Texas businesses after reports and footage raised serious questions about whether these outfits exist in anything but name. This is the kind of enforcement action Americans have wanted for years: a state leader stepping in where federal oversight has failed.
The probe follows a viral exposé by BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales, who visited addresses listed for several H-1B sponsors and found residential homes, vacant construction sites, and “ghost offices” instead of bustling tech workplaces. Her reporting showed what many ordinary Texans already suspected — that sham companies can be used to import foreign labor while American workers get pushed aside. That on-the-ground journalism forced a response when federal bureaucrats and big business wouldn’t.
Paxton didn’t stop at words; he demanded documents identifying all employees, financial records, and proof of actual business operations from the targeted companies. Those Civil Investigative Demands are a clear message: fraud and shell-company schemes that exploit immigration loopholes will be exposed and challenged. Conservatives should applaud an attorney general who puts Americans’ jobs and taxpayer dollars ahead of political correctness and special interests.
This crackdown also forced the state’s hand: Governor Greg Abbott immediately froze new H-1B petitions by state agencies and public universities while demanding detailed reporting on how many H-1B workers are being sponsored in the state. That is common-sense triage — stop the flood and audit the damage before more Americans are shut out of opportunities they deserve. If Washington won’t secure jobs at home, state leaders must.
The details that came out in follow-up reporting are damning: one company listed a single-family home as its office, while another updated its site to admit employees allegedly work exclusively off-site — a potential violation if proper Labor Condition Applications weren’t filed. These are not harmless technicalities; they’re red flags pointing to systematic gaming of a system meant to supplement, not supplant, American labor. Honest employers should welcome scrutiny that separates legitimate hiring from sleazy exploitation.
This is about principle as much as policy. The H-1B program was intended to bring exceptional, hard-to-find talent into the country, not to serve as a backdoor for mass outsourcing or a profit scheme for shell-company middlemen. Left unchecked, such abuses hollow out local economies, depress wages, and demoralize the skilled American workers who show up every day and build our communities. Conservatives must keep pressing for enforcement, transparency, and reforms that put American families first.
The federal system has proven too porous and too lenient; Congress should act to tighten employer verification, punish fraudsters severely, and prioritize American applicants where qualified. In the meantime, state-level action like Paxton’s provides a vital check when the feds dawdle. Voters who care about honest work and secure borders should demand more leaders willing to fight the graft undermining our labor markets.
Patriotic Americans should watch this investigation closely and demand that it expand beyond a few bad actors to root out the networks that profit from hollowing out our workforce. Ken Paxton and journalists who exposed this mess deserve credit for forcing accountability — but the work is only beginning. If conservatives stay loud and organized, we can turn this moment into real policy wins that protect jobs, enforce the law, and restore fairness for American workers.
