Praying for a visa answer: Processors, restaurants anticipate drastic changes if H2B visa limit isn't changed

摘要

Many U.S. seafood processors rely on seasonal labor to get them through the busy season, and H2B visas have allowed businesses to hire workers from overseas. Americans are increasingly shunning short-term, low-paying, manual labor jobs, so processorsand some seasonal seafood restaurants have turned to H2B visas to find the labor they need to get the job done. Until now, that is. Today, H2B visas are in such high demand that seafood processors who need them are simply out of luck.