Northern Central America Initiative Trip Report

On October 12th, DHS announced its intent to release an additional 20,000 H-2B visas specifically to the Northern Central American countries of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, as well as Haiti. Given that this is a priority of the Biden administration, we have made it our mission to promote the...

SEA 2023 Annual Meeting and Auction Recap

The 2023 SEA Annual Meeting was a tremendous success. Along with record attendance, the feedback on the program was universally positive. We were honored to have H-2B program champion Congressman Andy Harris (R-MD-1) join us for the duration of the meeting. He was excited by the deal we negotiated with...

SEA Northern Triangle Initiative Showcase

At the end of this month, SEA will be hosting an educational and informational event in Guatemala and El Salvador to showcase the Northern Triangle Initiative to our membership. We want our membership to better understand the process of requesting Northern Triangle workers. This involves making introductions so that employers...

Northern Triangle Summit Trip Report

Over the last two years, SEA has worked diligently with USAID, the State Department, and the Northern Triangle Governments to establish an H-2B program infrastructure in the Northern Triangle countries. Given the many steps in the process, growing pains were inevitable. For example, at the time of the first NT...

SEA Northern Triangle H-2B Summit

WHAT: SEA NORTHERN TRIANGLE SUMMIT WHERE: SHERATON PRESIDENTE, SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR AND GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMELA WHEN: DECEMBER 4th – 8th Please join us for SEA's Northern Triangle H-2B Summit December 4th - 8th in San Salvador, El Salvador and Guatemala City, Guatemala. This summit will provide an opportunity to...

SEA statement on DHS visa release

SEA thanks administration for its support of seasonal employers and for its commitment to reducing irregular migration and calls on Congress to pass a permanent reform of the program The Seasonal Employment Alliance would like to thank the Biden administration for recognizing the importance of the H-2B program in addressing...

SEA efforts in Northern Triangle help lead to DHS visa release

DHS has announced its intent to release the maximum number of visas permitted by Congress this fiscal year, 64,716 visas. 44,716 visas will be allocated to returning workers and 20,000 will be allocated to the Northern Triangle (NT) countries of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. The significance of this release cannot be...

2023 SEA Annual Meeting and Auction

The 2023 SEA Annual Meeting will be in Sarasota, FL January 16th-18th, 2023. Registration  - Includes Welcome Dinner, Annual Meeting and Auction Monday, January 16th  7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Welcome dinner at Café Amici Tuesday, January 17th  8 AM – 9 AM Registration and continental breakfast   There will...

FAQS ON FALL/WINTER SUPPLEMENTAL VISA RELEASE

We have been in regular communication with DHS regarding the first half visa release and are hopeful of a significant first half release. FAQS: When do you expect DHS to make the announcement of a visa release? Hopefully early October. DHS will not make the announcement until the agency receives clarity...

EPI Report Presents Misleading Data

EPI report states $1.8 in back wages were assessed in industries employing H-2B workers. But only 1% of the $1.8 billion in back wages were owed to H-2B workers. On August 18th the Economic Policy Institute issued a report authored by Daniel Costa claiming that, “Employers stole $1.8 billion from...