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The Trump administration will make available an additional 35,000 seasonal guest-worker visas this year for foreign workers who wish to work in the United States temporarily under the H-2B program, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced<\/a> March 5.<\/p>\n

The seasonal-worker visa program, formally known as H-2B, allows U.S. employers to hire temporary non-farm workers for jobs that they say Americans wont do. Included are jobs in landscaping, construction, hotels, and restaurants, seafood and meat processing plants, and amusement parks.<\/p>\n

Business groups and members of Congress have argued that there are not enough Americans to fill many service-sector and food-processing jobs across the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis years supplemental allocation was determined after extensive consultation with stakeholders\u2014including members of Congress and the Department of Labor\u2014and is intended to strike a careful balance that benefits American businesses and American workers,\u201d the DHS said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The cap placed on the number of H-2B visas allowed per fiscal year currently stands at 66,000\u2014evenly split between the winter and summer seasons. However, U.S. law allows the administration to set a \u201csupplemental\u201d allocation by up to 64,000 additional visas if needed.<\/p>\n

The 35,000 additional visas to be made available this year surpasses the 30,000 allowed last year, and is the highest under President Donald Trump, who has made restricting illegal immigration a centerpiece of his administration. He has said the United States needs temporary foreign workers because of demand in the labor market.<\/p>\n

Of the additional H-2B visas to be made available this year, 10,000 will be set aside for people from Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. The DHS made that decision because those countries agreed to help the administration ease pressure on the southern border by taking in people seeking U.S. asylum.<\/p>\n

The department said in its announcement that it will take \u201csignificant steps\u201d to combat fraud and abuse in the H-2B program and will generally limit the visas to returning workers \u201c\u2026 who are known to follow immigration law in good faith.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDHS is committed to ensuring that our immigration system is implemented lawfully and that American workers are protected,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

The additional visas will be made available in two batches. The department said 20,000 are for start dates beginning April 1 and 15,000 for start dates starting May 15. This measure will \u201cprevent a small handful of employers from using all the visas,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

The H-2B visa program has generated debate in Congress, with two bipartisan groups sending letters to Homeland Security, one Read More \u2013 Source<\/a>
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