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Trump Administration Makes 15,000 Additional H-2B Visas available
The Department of Homeland Security said Friday it would provide businesses another 15,000 H-2B visas to bring low-skilled foreign workers to the U.S. this summer, offering a modest infusion to the popular program.
The number of visas available each year for seasonal work is capped by statute at 66,000, evenly divided between the summer and winter seasons. Congress declined to lift that cap during negotiations this spring. It did, however, give the secretary of homeland security authority to issue up to 69,000 more this summer if she determines there is sufficient need.
A range of businesses—including fisheries, landscapers and those in summer tourist spots—have complained about worker shortages and have been waiting to see if Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen will use that authority. But people who support restrictions on immigration, including some in the White House, argue that foreign workers drive down American wages and oppose additional visas.
Faced with a similar choice last summer, then-DHS Secretary John Kelly also provided an additional 15,000 visas but cast it as a one-time only move.
Also reported at:
- https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-makes-15-000-additional-h-2b-visas-available-1527279631
- https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/05/26/homeland-security-approves-15000-additional-h-2b-visas-to-bring-low-skilled-foreign-workers-to-us
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 29 2018, @06:25PM (2 children)
Where the hell is the resistance??! Fucking Disney/Sony boycotts are more effective!
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 29 2018, @06:42PM
Frame it as systemic discrimination against African Americans (since it sort of is that as many of these jobs would have otherwise gone to them)..that may work..
(Score: 2) by RandomFactor on Tuesday May 29 2018, @09:20PM
Disney boycotts? I'm assuming you're referring to the seriously underwhelming opening of Solo. I'm not so sure those boycotts were as effective as all that.
While there have been countless calls for boycotts due to SJW politics injected, disjointed storytelling, crummy character development, calling fans racists and bigots, trashing and disrespecting iconic characters, blah blah blah, and these certainly had an effect, I think the greater part of the meh opening weekend is just losing older fans disenchanted after TLJ. The boycotters are happily taking credit though.
OTOH the media dismissing it as being from "Star Wars Fatigue" is the biggest misdirect excuse for a failure since Trump Russia collusion. Star Wars fandom is huge and rabid and would have gone to see a new (halfway decent) Star Wars movie every evening until their wallets failed.
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