Seasonal Immigrant Workers Are in High Demand in United State

 

Foreign workers have long provided critical support to American businesses in the busy seasons—filling temporary, seasonal jobs when domestic workers were not available. This support—almost always of manual labor—is possible due to the H-2 visa program, which Congress created in 1952 with the aim of “alleviating labor shortages … particularly in periods of intense production.”

Specifically, the H-2A visa allows employers to hire temporary agricultural workers, and the H-2B visa lets employers hire non-agricultural workers, like landscapers and hotel staff. Both are popular with businesses. However, it’s becoming clear that the H-2B program is not doing enough to meet the soaring needs of American employers, who are confronting rising worker shortages in the face of changing U.S. labor dynamics.

A new analysis by the American Immigration Council reveals that the number of temporary non-agricultural workers certified by the U.S. Department of Labor grew from over 147,000 in fiscal year (FY) 2018 to more than 215,000 in FY 2023—a 46% jump in just five years. Still, the visa program caps the number of workers at 66,000 workers per year, split between the first and second halves of the fiscal year. Congress had to authorize additional visas in the past four fiscal years.

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The severity of child labor in the United States and around the world

 

The Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued its yearly Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor report, examining 131 countries’ efforts to abolish child labor in 2022 and the obstacles those efforts face. The report highlights, in part, the vulnerability of migrant children in the United States working for little pay in industries that are especially unsafe for children and notes an alarming 69% increase in unlawful work by children since 2018.

The International Labour Organization (ILO), a United Nations Agency, defines child labor as “work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development.” The “worst forms of child labor” are those that harm children’s well-being and/or expose them to danger. This includes slavery, sexual exploitation, the use of children in armed combat, and exposure to dangerous machinery or toxic chemicals.

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State Department denies substantial percentage of employer-sponsored immigrant visas

 

By: Leslie Dellon - www.immigrationimpact.com/

Surprising data recently revealed thatconsular officers denied applicants for employer-sponsored immigrant visas at afar higher rate than U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officersdenied green cards to employer-sponsored applicants.

Data analyzed by the Cato Instituteshows that since Fiscal Year 2008, USCIS denied about 8% of employer-sponsoredimmigrants while the average denial rate by consular officers was 63%. The CatoInstitute has identified a disturbing difference that disadvantagesemployer-sponsored immigrants that apply abroad—and which, to our knowledge,has not been raised before. Our analysis of the findings and conclusionsfollows.

By “employer-sponsored,” theCato Institute means the employment-based (EB) second preference category foradvanced degree professionals or persons of exceptional ability and the EBthird preference category for skilled workers, professionals, or “otherworkers.”...

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