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Now let's do the same with the H-1Bs.
Trump Administration Backs Plan for More H-2B Visas, Irking Critics of Immigrant Labor Rules
We need more skilled labor, not less.
The Trump administration is moving ahead to allow an additional 30,000 seasonal workers to return to the U.S. this summer, a higher-than-expected number that reflects internal tensions in the White House’s approach to legal immigration.
A rule to issue the extra visas, known as H-2Bs, to foreign workers who have held them in the past was cleared last week by the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. The administration had earlier indicated it was leaning toward only an additional 15,000 such visas.
Landscapers, fisheries, county fairs and holiday resorts—including President Trump’s own golf and beach clubs—all use the H-2B program to fill lower-skilled jobs they say they can’t find Americans to do. Such visas have been capped at an annual 66,000—33,000 for summer, 33,000 for winter—and demand routinely outstrips supply. ...
Meanwhile, Jared Kushner, the president’s adviser and son-in-law, emboldened by success with the bipartisan criminal-justice overhaul passed by Congress last year, said he is finalizing a legislative proposal to overhaul immigration. He has consulted extensively with business advocates, and the result may be to offer a larger number of H-1B visas for high-skilled workers, with fewer restrictions such as on the number of green cards available for any one particular country.
A rule to issue the extra visas, known as H-2Bs, to foreign workers who have held them in the past was cleared last week by the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. The administration had earlier indicated it was leaning toward only an additional 15,000 such visas.
Landscapers, fisheries, county fairs and holiday resorts—including President Trump’s own golf and beach clubs—all use the H-2B program to fill lower-skilled jobs they say they can’t find Americans to do. Such visas have been capped at an annual 66,000—33,000 for summer, 33,000 for winter—and demand routinely outstrips supply. ...
Meanwhile, Jared Kushner, the president’s adviser and son-in-law, emboldened by success with the bipartisan criminal-justice overhaul passed by Congress last year, said he is finalizing a legislative proposal to overhaul immigration. He has consulted extensively with business advocates, and the result may be to offer a larger number of H-1B visas for high-skilled workers, with fewer restrictions such as on the number of green cards available for any one particular country.
Trump Administration Backs Plan for More H-2B Visas, Irking Critics of Immigrant Labor Rules
We need more skilled labor, not less.