The latest 1,305-page draft House appropriations bill for 2018 uses a bureaucratic trick on page 732 to help employers cut wages for foreign H-2B seasonal workers — and indirectly, also cut wages for American workers. “Republicans in Congress still haven’t got the message that voters sent last November”…
Speaker Ryan Squeezes 15,000 Extra H-2B Workers From DHS Chief John Kelly…
U.S. businesses in danger of suffering irreparable harm due to a lack of available temporary nonagricultural workers will be able to hire up to 15,000 additional temporary nonagricultural workers under the H-2B program … “Congress gave me the opportunity to provide temporary relief to American businesses in danger of suffering irreparable harm due to a […]
Expansion of H-2B Work Visa Program Hits DHS Roadblock…
The 2017 omnibus funding law directs the agency to provide up to 70,000 extra H-2B visas for foreign lower-cost blue-collar workers — but the funding law does not set any deadline for the agency to create a process to consider granting the extra visas, says an agency spokesman. “There is nothing [in the law] that […]
31 Senators Call for More Foreign Workers to Replace Blue-Collar Americans…
Thirty-one Democratic and Republican Senators are asking the Department of Homeland Security to maximize the use of blue-collar outsourcing visas so U.S. companies can import more foreign workers instead of recruiting, training and paying unskilled U.S. workers. The bipartisan request comes three months after the shocking November vote pressured GOP leaders to slash the H-2B […]