Labor Department won’t investigate alleged Edison H-1B visa abuses

Los Angeles Times – Jim Puzzanghera

The U.S. Labor Department will not investigate allegations that Southern California Edison Co. abused a popular visa program for skilled foreign workers, according to senators who requested the probe.

A top Labor official said an investigation could not be opened because there was no complaint from someone adversely affected by the use of the H-1B visas and no reasonable cause to believe the company violated the rules governing the visas.

The Labor Department “has not received a complaint from an aggrieved party or a credible source, and other avenues for investigation are not appropriate at this time,” M. Patricia Smith, the department’s solicitor, said in a letter dated Tuesday.

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