DHS Chooses Late Friday Afternoon to Announce 15,000 more H-2B Visas

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DHS Chooses Late Friday Afternoon to Announce 15,000 more H-2B Visas
 
By David North on May 25, 2018

The Department of Homeland Security announced at 3:46 pm today that it will allow various U.S. employers 15,000 additional H-2B workers this summer; they will do unskilled, non-agricultural seasonal work. Most work in landscaping or forestry; agricultural workers come in on the H-2A visa.

The 15,000 will be in addition to the 66,000 permits in this program that have already been issued in keeping with the long-standing statutory ceiling.

The press release, that I saw because I am on a DHS mailing list, could not be found on the internet when I searched for it. It may appear shortly.

https://cis.org/North/DHS-Chooses-Late-Friday-Afternoon-Announce-15000-more-H2B-Visas

[Sanguine]

Aren't these exactly the jobs that teenagers used to take? 

The Department of Homeland Security announced at 3:46 pm today that it will allow various U.S. employers 15,000 additional H-2B workers this summer; they will do unskilled, non-agricultural seasonal work. Most work in landscaping or forestry; agricultural workers come in on the H-2A visa.

[Fishrrman]

Sanguine asked:
"Aren't these exactly the jobs that teenagers used to take?"

"Unskilled, non-agricultural seasonal work" sounds more like braceros to me...

[Sanguine]

Sanguine asked:
"Aren't these exactly the jobs that teenagers used to take?"

"Unskilled, non-agricultural seasonal work" sounds more like braceros to me...

Most work in landscaping or forestry...