With the additional visas, the Trump administration is on track to grant 96,000 H-2B visas this fiscal year, the most since 2007, when George W. Bush was president. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), sent a letter to the Trump administration urging it to let in more H-2B workers. Advocates for U.S. workers say Trump is undermining domestic workers by granting so many H-2B visas. The Center for Immigration Studies, which urges lower immigration, said that Trump “betrays American workers” with this H-2B visa increase. The government says it received 30 times more H-2B visa applications this year compared with last.

Source: Washington Post April 06, 2019 15:45 UTC