On December 9, 2019, over 150 people, representing fifty-two Philadelphia area seasonal employers, held a mock lottery at the Valley Forge Casino to highlight the devastating impact, absent cap relief, the Department of Labor H-2B visa lottery will have on the 5,000+ small, seasonal employers who rely on the H-2B...
SEA and the Niskanen Center host panel on American worker recruitment
Critics of the H-2B program often allege that the program reduces opportunities and wages for American workers. Although false opponents of the program, both on the far-left and far-right, continue to make these allegations. They cannot continue to go unchallenged. On July 17th, in partnership with the Niskanen Center, we hosted...
H-2B Rally on the Hill
Home April 9th Save H-2B Rally On April 9, 2019, eight Members of Congress, flanked by hundreds of seasonal employers, thanked the Trump Administration for releasing 30,000 H-2B visas while also calling on Congress to permanently reform the H-2B program.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxrD5NKci4w "Rally on the Hill" Media Coverage April 9, 2019Video –...
Members of Congress and seasonal employers call on Congress to fix H-2B program
Yesterday, in front of the U.S. Capitol, eight Members of Congress, flanked by hundreds of seasonal employers, thanked the Trump Administration for their recent release of 30,000 H-2B visas and called on Congress to permanently increase the H-2B visa cap and reform the program. Due to the cap of 66,000...
Numbers USA encourages U.S. employers to hire illegal aliens
A recent article by Chris Chmielenski, Deputy Director at Numbers USA, claims that Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior advisor, is working behind the scenes to release more H-2B visas at the expense of American workers. While reasonable minds may disagree on the merits of temporary, non-immigrant guest worker...