When the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced Project Firewall on September 19, media coverage focused on the press release—a pledge to “protect American jobs” by cracking down on H-1B visa abuse. A month later, the program’s impact is already being felt—not through formal prosecutions, but through the quiet compliance panic spreading across U.S. companies that depend on high-skilled foreign talent. Newsweek spoke to legal experts, immigration attorneys and Department of Labor officials who described how Project Firewall is already reshaping corporate compliance, legal strategy and the balance between enforcement and innovation in America’s high-skilled visa system. Why It Matters...