Hyderabad: Major action is underway in the United States to investigate and limit what officials describe as abuse of the H-1B visa system. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered all state agencies and public universities to halt filing new H-1B visa petitions until at least May 31, 2027, while Texas Attorney-General Ken Paxton called for serious investigations into H-1B frauds. Texas Attorney-General Paxton alleged widespread H-1B visa fraud, and his office has issued demands for documents from businesses suspected of using “ghost offices”, which are addresses that appear not to be real workplaces, to sponsor visa holders without legitimate jobs. A Karimnagar-based H-4 visa holder, a dependant of a H-1B holder, said, “As we saw from the multiple actions taken previously, this is rarely going to be limited just to searches or checks. An H-1B visa holder, originally from Vijayawada, said, “I have seen how ICE and other enforcement officials have taken the law into their hands and are reacting to basic searches in a very violent way.