Since we first received a commitment from Senator Graham (R-SC) to introduce the landscaping to H-2A bill, we have made it our mission to engage and secure targeted Democratic cosponsors for this bill. We started with outreach to the following Senators: Michael Bennet (CO) Tom Carper (DE) Chris Coons (DE)...
SEA Statement on Additional Visa Release
On behalf of the 2,500+ small and seasonal businesses the Seasonal Employment Alliance represents, we want to thank the White House, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Labor for recognizing the dire straits of seasonal employers by releasing 20,000 additional H-2B visas towards the FY22 first half...
Lessons Learned from the Northern Triangle H-2B Visa Allocation and Next Steps
The Seasonal Employment Alliance represents over 2,500 seasonal employers across the United States who utilize the H-2B temporary non-agricultural work visa program. Over the last two years, we have made the case, to both the Trump and Biden administrations, that expanding the number of H-2B visas made available to the...
September 2021 Fly-In
We enter the Fall with two viable cap relief options, one in the House and one in the Senate. House- Rep. Cuellar's Returning Worker Exception Act: This bill exempts H-2B workers who have held a visa in any one of the previous three years from the cap. Senate- Graham Manchin...
2021 SEA Annual Meeting and Auction
The 2021 SEA Annual Meeting and Auction will be December 6-8 in Washington D.C. The 2020 auction featured golf rounds at some of the top courses in the United States as well stays at some of the country's top resorts. We expect the 2021 auction to be even better! The...
Biden administration promotes H-2B as solution to reducing irregular migration
On behalf of the 3,000+ small and seasonal businesses the Seasonal Employment Alliance and the National Association of Landscape Professionals represent, we want to congratulate the administration on recognizing H-2B program expansion as part of the solution to reducing irregular migration by allocating 6,000 of the 22,000 additional H-2B visas...
Assessing our discretionary visa release campaign
On April 20th DHS announced its intention to release an additional 22,000 H-2B visas for the 2021 season with 6,000 of these visas reserved for nationals of the Northern Triangle countries of Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala. This is holy insufficient to meet the demand for 60,000+ visas. If DOL...
Frequently Asked Questions on additional visa release
Is the 22,000 number set in stone? We believe so but it does not mean that we and our Congressional supporters are not pushing for a higher number. In addition, DHS held a Congressional briefing on Wednesday, April 21st, on the additional visa release and we were told that a...
DHS confirms, 22,000 visas to be released
Bloomberg reports, and it has since been confirmed by DHS, that DHS plans to release an additional 22,000 H-2B visas with 6,000 of the 22,000 allocated to the nationals of the Northern Triangle countries of Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. A few comments: We believe this number is set in...
Seasonal Employment Alliance statement on additional visa release
April 20, 2021: On behalf of the 2,500+ small and seasonal businesses the Seasonal Employment Alliance represents, we want to thank the White House, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Labor for recognizing the dire straits of seasonal employers by releasing 22,000 additional H-2B visas. Although this...