House to vote on bill containing returning worker exemption for H-2B |
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Written by Christy Eull |
Tuesday, June 26, 2018 12:00 AM |
The House Judiciary Committee issued a media release outlining H.R. 6136, the Border Security and Immigration Reform Act. According to the release, this bill contains a "Returning Worker Exemption for H-2B Visas: The bill now provides that any guestworker counted against the H-2B cap during either of the prior two fiscal years is not counted against the cap for the current fiscal year. The H-2B guest worker program is used by American employers to hire foreign workers for temporary and seasonal work, such as forestry, seafood processing, and other industries." ALCC and the H-2B Workforce Coalition urge people to call in their support for this bill:
The specific language of the bill that involved the exemption is: Amend section 214(g)(9)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(9)(A)) by striking “during fiscal year 2013, 2014, or 2015 shall not again be counted toward such limitation during fiscal year 2016” and insert “during one or more of the prior two fiscal years shall not again be counted toward such limitation during the current fiscal year.” Read the bill amendment that includes the returning worker exemption. |