Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) has requested the Departments of Justice, State, Homeland Security and Labor investigate visas issued to foreign workers hired by a Tesla sub-contractor to build a Tesla factory in Fremont, California. Reportedly, workers were brought to the U.S. on B1 – B2 visas, which explicitly ban any type of construction work and were paid as little as $5 an hour to build a paint shop at the Tesla factory, which violates the $55 an hour prevailing wage laws for sheet metal workers in the region. Light was shed on the incident when Slovenian worker Gregor Lesnik, sued the company for not covering his medical bills when he fell through the roof more than 30 feet and gravely injured himself on the site, as well as for his back wages for himself and fellow workers totally $2.6 million. Senator Grassley’s letter of inquiry to the departments multiple pages of questions regarding how and why the illegal visas were issued.