Trump Administration to Issue Additional 30,000 Visas for Temporary Workers

Trump Administration to Issue Additional 30,000 Visas for Temporary Workers
Crew members aboard the fishing boat "Outer Limits" load crab pots onto their boat at Pier 45 in San Francisco, Calif., on Nov. 30, 2007. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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The Trump administration announced on May 6 that it plans to make 30,000 additional visas available for foreign workers who wish to work in the United States temporarily under the H-2B program for the 2019 fiscal year.

The plan would benefit oyster shucking companies, fisheries, loggers, and seasonal hotels, all of which use the visas to hire temporary workers for jobs they say Americans won’t do.