India, Nov. 7 -- The United States Department of Labour has said that it has launched 175 investigations into what it terms potential abuses of the US H-1B visa program.

The investigations come even as the Donald Trump-led administration has initiated a crackdown on immigration, and is seeking to reform the H-1B program to geared towards reducing the number of foreign workers hired by companies in the US.

The US labour department had launched Project Firewall in September to push companies towards hiring qualified Americans for job positions and to curb abuse of the H-1B visa program, Fox News reported. The program allows companies in the US to hire foreign workers for specialised roles.

The Trump administration recently

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