H-1B visa fraud is real—a CEO was convicted of submitting 11 fake applications—and government data, investigations, and lawsuits document notable fraud and abuse in specific visa categories, including wage theft and misrepresentation. However, DeSantis's claim that they're 'rife with fraud' overstates the evidence; while fraud does occur, available data doesn't support that it's pervasive across the program. His second claim about free market distortion is an economic argument, not a factual assertion. The post also omits that a federal judge recently blocked the Trump administration's own $100,000 H-1B fee policy as unlawful, which complicates the framing that current visa policy is pure market distortion.