Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times, The Labor Department’s inspector general said Tuesday that federal officials have suspended PERM filings for tech company Cognizant and software company Cloudera and halted H-1B processing for both firms. Inspector General Anthony D’Esposito posted the announcements on X throughout the day on Sept. 8. He credited the moves in part to Acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling, as well as to a White House anti-fraud task force. “Fighting fraud is a TEAM SPORT,” D’Esposito wrote. “@Sonderling47 and I are for real. @Cognizant’s PERM filings are suspended. @DOLOIG is on the hunt. Threats to American workers will NOT be tolerated. Alongside @WHFraudTF, we’re following facts, fraud and finances. Handcuffs await.“ Hours later, he added Cloudera. “One more,” he wrote. “@cloudera: PERM filings SUSPENDED.” He followed up on the announcements later in the day. “Cognizant. Cloudera. H1-B processing suspended. @Sonderling47 and I ain’t playin’,” he said. PERM, or Program Electronic Review Management, is the Labor Department process employers use before sponsoring workers for employment-based green cards in the EB-2 and …