Congressional Leadership Slips Increase in H-2B Visas into Funding Bill
By David North on March 22, 2018
As it has done previously, the leadership of Congress — in the dead of the night, as it were — has slipped in an opportunity to expand the H-2B program (for unskilled non-agricultural workers) into the omnibus funding bill passed by the House this morning and expected to pass the Senate momentarily. H-2B workers are used in the forestry, landscaping, and hospitality industries.
It was another one of those changes in legislation that escapes public hearings and floor votes, the way that Congress used to function.
Neil Munro of Breitbart reported that "the provision was pushed by Democratic and GOP politicians, led by North Carolina GOP Senator Thom Tillis." The article quoted a social media message from a lawn-care firm in the D.C. area thanking Virginia's two Democratic senators (Tim Kaine and Mark Warner) for signing a letter in support of the cap increase.
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