New Delhi, Aug. 28 -- Amid a continuing crackdown on immigration, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has called the H-1B visa - used by skilled foreign workers - a "total scam", claiming it allows companies to hire cheaper labour from India at the expense of American workers.

Speaking to Fox News' Laura Ingraham, DeSantis said, "I think you're right to say the H-1B, it's become a total scam. These companies game the system. Some of these companies are laying off large numbers of Americans while also hiring new H-1B workers and renewing existing H-1B visas."

He added, "...Most of them (H-1Bs) are from one country, India, there's a cottage industry about how all those people make money off this system."

The governor's remarks follow similar c...