{"id":24445,"date":"2021-04-23T11:11:39","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T15:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=24445"},"modified":"2021-04-23T11:11:42","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T15:11:42","slug":"biden-h2b-season-worker-increase-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2021\/04\/23\/biden-h2b-season-worker-increase-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Raising Foreign Worker Cap, Biden Turns Against Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The Biden administration\u2019s move to raise the ceiling on H-2B seasonal work visas<\/a> has angered some of the president\u2019s most loyal supporters. With millions of Americans unemployed, 10 labor unions<\/a> warn that the decision to add 22,000 slots to the existing 66,000 annual H-2B allotment will \u201cexpose more workers to the egregious abuses that pervade the program.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Expanding H-2B is a perverse response to the White House\u2019s self-inflicted border crisis. As oncoming waves of asylum seekers are issued work authorization papers, they will be hunting for jobs. The H-2B categories of semi-skilled, non-agricultural labor \u2013 including landscaping, horse training, fisheries, restaurants, the hospitality industry and even carnivals<\/a> — are prime targets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n But accommodating one bad policy (open borders) with another just compounds the problem. As the AFL-CIO<\/a> has noted: \u201cThe H-2B program displaces U.S. workers, lowers wages and exposes foreign workers to exploitation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n