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Thursday, March 05, 2020

Harris Applauds Trump Administration Release of Additional H-2B Visas

WASHINGTON, DC: On March 5th, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced its intent to release 35,000 additional H-2B visas for the summer season of Fiscal Year 2020. Congressman Andy Harris (MD-01) has spearheaded the effort in Congress to secure the timely release of supplemental visas. He sent a letter, signed by a total of 151 members of the House and 38 Senators, urging Acting Secretary Wolf to release, as quickly as possible, additional H-2B visas to meet seasonal labor demands.

Congressman Harris made the following statement:

“I applaud the Department of Homeland Security for approving the release of 35,000 supplemental H-2B visas in time for the upcoming summer season. This is 5000 more supplemental visas than had been approved last year. The record low unemployment rate under the Trump Administration and oversubscription to the H-2B visa program is a debilitating issue for the economy of Maryland’s First Congressional District and the country. I commend President Trump and Acting Secretary Wolf for providing these extras visas – and I remain committed to working with my colleagues in Congress to pass a permanent solution to the chronic H-2B visa shortage across this country – something that only Congress can do.”

Further details regarding this year’s H-2B allocation will be contained in a Temporary Final Rule that DHS aims to complete and publish as soon as possible.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I don't know why we don't simply have another Kirwan bill to give crab pickers more money and maybe we could afford to hire Americans to do the crab picking. On the other hand, why not bring H-2B workers in to teach school? The current teachers obviously can't teach good enough when companies want foreign, not American graduates.

Anonymous said...

total bs andy! slowly losing my vote! tired of all the pork, grants and other bullsh!t like this!