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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUS to add 30,000 seasonal worker visas as soon as this week
WASHINGTON The Trump administration plans to allow 30,000 more foreign workers temporarily into the United States for seasonal work through the end of September, a move that reflects how the booming economy has complicated President Donald Trump's efforts to restrict legal immigration.
Details of the plan were in a draft rule obtained by The Associated Press. It would benefit oyster shucking companies, fisheries, loggers and seasonal hotels, including Trump's own Mar-a-Lago club all of which use the visas to hire migrants for temporary work they say Americans won't do.
The visas, known as H-2Bs, will be granted only to returning foreign workers who have had the visa before, over the last three fiscal years. Many of the visa holders return to the same employers year after year. Those workers have already been vetted and are trusted and not likely to stay past their visa, officials said.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will begin taking applications from employers on behalf of the workers once the temporary rule is published in the Federal Register, expected on Wednesday.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/us-to-add-30000-seasonal-worker-visas-as-soon-as-this-week/ar-AAAYy1H
Why won't Trump hire Americans?
BigmanPigman
(51,565 posts)Especially the moron. He just wants cheap labor for himself and his rich pals that need cheap labor since Americans can't or won't work the same jobs for the same wages without benefits, sick days, etc.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,137 posts)That's the big thing. If they paid enough there would probably be some US citizens that would do them. It's our addiction to cheap labor that's the problem.
BigmanPigman
(51,565 posts)and where it should be. It is no where close to a living wage. The GOP is happy to keep things like this as they have been for the past 35+ years while they profit off of our labor.