The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is halting efforts to bring more H-2B foreign visa workers to the United States to take nonagricultural jobs after mounting public opposition.
In March, Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf announced his plan to bring an additional 35,000 H-2B foreign visa workers to the U.S. to take nonagricultural jobs in landscaping, construction, seafood processing, hotels and restaurants, and amusement parks.
On Thursday, DHS officials said they were halting the plan to bring in those additional 35,000 H-2B foreign visa workers “due to present economic circumstances” wherein 6.6 million Americans have now filed jobless claims in the midst of the Chinese coronavirus crisis.
A DHS spokesperson wrote in a statement:
To clear up various misreporting — DHS’s rule on the H-2B cap is on hold pending review due to present economic circumstances. No additional H-2B visas will be released until further notice. Per the statute, H-2B allocations are set in consultation with [the Labor Department].
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4 comments:
KEEP- EM-OUT !!!
Amid opposition. Those would be the Liberals who want them to sit on their hands at complete taxpayer expense for at least months, risk exposure to CV19 and be an additional burden on the medical system if they catch it, and take jobs from people who are becoming desperate, all to get a few more Democrat votes under the guise of completely altruistic humanitarianism.
Less pickers means more crabs to catch and or a revitalization for the future. Hmmmmmmm...
America first.
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