by Tyler | Mar 29, 2020 | Agriculture Department, China, coronavirus, department of homeland security, foreign workers, H-2A, H-2A visa, H-2B, H-2B visa, Health, immigration, jobless, legal immigration, mass immigration, Politics, State Department, Trending, unemployment, Wuhan, Wuhan virus
Despite mass unemployment of Americans during the Chinese coronavirus crisis, federal agencies are accelerating the speed at which foreign workers will be imported to the United States to take blue-collar industry jobs.
by Tyler | Feb 22, 2020 | Chad Wolf, Donald Trump, Economy, H-1B, H-2A, H-2B, immigrant, immigration, J-1, Migrant, Politics, salaries, Trending, Visa Wrker, wages
Top officials at the Department of Homeland Security will import 45,000 extra foreign workers for GOP-aligned small businesses, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
by Tyler | Jan 18, 2020 | Dick Durbin, Donald Trump, Economy, H-1B, H-2A, H-2B, H4 EAD, immigration, L-1, Migrant, migration, OPT, Politics, S. 386, Trending
Democrat Sen. Dick Durbin is criticizing President Donald Trump for failing to protect blue-collar Americans from companies that prefer to hire H-2B visa workers.
by Tyler | Dec 21, 2019 | Economy, H-2A, H-2B, immigration, Nancy Pelosi, Politics, Trending, visa workers
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blocked a push by Maine Democrat Rep. Chellie Pingree to double the inflow of foreign blue-collar H-2B workers up to almost 140,000, according to complaints by employers of the visa workers.
by Tyler | Aug 3, 2019 | Asylum Claims, Cartel, Economy, Guatamala, H-1B, H-2A, H-2B, immigration, J-1, Kevin McAleenan, Migrant, migration, Politics, Trending, visa worker
The White House announced it is helping Guatemala get more H-2A farm worker visas amid growing efforts by pro-migration groups to break Guatamala’s new anti-migration deal with the United States.
by Tyler | Jun 5, 2019 | Amy Klobuchar, Beto O'Rourke, Dreamers, Economy, flexible caps, H-1B, H-2B, immigrant, immigration, Jay Inslee, labor, Migrant, Pete Buttigieg, Politics, STEM education, Temporary Protected Status, Trending, visa workers
Democratic candidates for the White House are promising to give business donors an endless supply of cheap immigrant labor that would cut off Americans’ demands for higher wages.