Trump Administration to Issue Additional 35,000 H-2B Visas for Temporary Workers

Trump Administration to Issue Additional 35,000 H-2B Visas for Temporary Workers
President Donald Trump waits to speak during a FOX News Channel town hall at the Scranton Cultural Center in Scranton, Penn. on March 5, 2020. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
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The Trump administration will make available an additional 35,000 seasonal guest-worker visas this year for foreign workers who wish to work in the United States temporarily under the H-2B program, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced March 5.

The seasonal-worker visa program, formally known as H-2B, allows U.S. employers to hire temporary non-farm workers for jobs that they say Americans won’t do. Included are jobs in landscaping, construction, hotels, and restaurants, seafood and meat processing plants, and amusement parks.

Isabel van Brugen
Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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