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Thursday, January 16, 2014

Seafood Industry Provision Included In U.S. Appropriations Bill

WASHINGTON — The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014 contains a provision that U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., and U.S. Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md.-1st, said is important for the seafood industry on the Eastern Shore.

The provision would allow Maryland’s seafood industry to continue to stagger its seasonal foreign workers on H-2B temporary work visas to support harvests during peak seasons. The legislation is currently in the House of Representatives, and the Senate is expected to take it up later this week.

H-2B visa workers are temporarily hired from other countries for seasonal industries and then return home once the visa expires. Before being eligible for H-2B visas, a business must first try to find workers who are already in the U.S.
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8 comments:

  1. Damn, there's not enough illegal immigrants already around

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  2. They should've passed a bill that makes it easier to hire Salisbury residents

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  3. The problem is, more foreign workers agree to work for less. Look at the immigrants that Phillip's Seafood ships in every year, they get paid well below the rate of a new hire, even returning workers. Plus, Phillip's houses and makes $$$ that goes straight into the Phillip's family bank accounts.


    Not knocking their hustle, but I couldn't be paid to eat that Sysco garbage at that tourist trap!

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  4. 4:13 If you want to drive to fishing creek every day and work for $7.25 and hour picking crabs, you read Americans are first pick.

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  5. How about you don't something real to protect jobs by banning seafood imports from China

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  6. or "do?" me not get that.

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  7. As always, eliminate the incentives NOT to hire Americans here or in any of the tourist areas. Americans can and want to work so stop shutting them out of the market with legislation out of Annapolis.

    Conway and Mathias: Are you listening? Didn't think so..

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  8. lmao, seriously? you folks want to eat that crap? might want to run a Geiger counter over it first! especially anything coming out of the far east. but how will you know since congress says they don't have to label county of origin. should make congress eat the crap!

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