Federal Policy Would Ban For-Profit Sponsors Who Bring Students To Resort

A provision in the U.S. Immigration Reform Bill could negatively affect Ocean City businesses that hire international students.

The provision would make the program so expensive for employers that they could not hire the students and would make it virtually impossible for sponsoring groups to recruit students for jobs in this country.

Sponsor groups have been bringing thousands of international students to work in the resort and elsewhere in the United States for years. The students work in a myriad of businesses and can often be seen in Boardwalk shops and eateries. Many also work in hotels, often as housekeeping staff.
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