{"id":16962,"date":"2018-04-27T13:36:32","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T17:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=16962"},"modified":"2018-12-28T10:33:37","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T15:33:37","slug":"will-wont-throw-american-workers-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2018\/04\/27\/will-wont-throw-american-workers-bus\/","title":{"rendered":"Will She or Won\u2019t She Throw American Workers Under the Bus?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Will the Trump administration stand by its pledge to protect U.S. workers and remake immigration in the national interest, or won\u2019t it?<\/p>\n
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is set to announce her decision (yes, her<\/u> decision) about yet ANOTHER increase in low-skilled, H-2B visas.\u00a0 The annual cap of 66,000 visas, approved by Congress, has already been reached, and big business is screaming for cheaper, exploitable foreign workers.\u00a0 Last year, then-DHS Secretary John Kelly increased the cap by 15,000 visas, calling it a \u201cone-time increase.\u201d\u00a0 So, Secretary Nielsen, what will it be?\u00a0 Here are a few things people should be aware of regarding this little known-visa category.<\/p>\n
Here are the four top reasons why an H-2B increase is a really bad idea:<\/p>\n
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The bottom line<\/strong>:\u00a0 If employers can search for these \u201cmuch needed\u201d workers abroad, then they can search a little harder for them here.\u00a0 Or maybe bid up wages a skosh.\u00a0 Those workers are here, these are jobs that Americans are doing every day, and there are plenty of unemployed workers who want to work.<\/p>\n So, whose side will you come down on, Secretary Nielsen?