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Government Affairs: The next move on immigration reform
On Nov. 20, President Barack Obama announced a series of executive actions that would defer deportation for an estimated 4.5 million undocumented immigrants currently residing in the U.S. The executive...
View ArticleH-2B hits cap for first half of 2015, petitions rejected
On Feb. 2, the Department of Homeland Security revealed the H-2B cap was reached for the first half of fiscal 2015, hence the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) now is rejecting new H-2B...
View ArticleEp. 122: H-2B and you
Last week, Arnulfo Hinojosa, vice president of the Federation of Employees & Workers of America (FEWA), and Jarrod Sharp, general counsel at FEWA, spoke about the H-2B issue. Since that time, the...
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Government Affairs: Riding the H-2B roller coaster
For many landscape contractors, having a good season depends on getting their H-2B workers on time and in the numbers they requested. This season has been challenging, to say the least, for those...
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NHLA, others sue DOL, DHS over H-2B policies
The National Hispanic Landscape Alliance (NHLA) joined Bayou Lawn & Landscape Services, the National Association of Landscape Professionals, Superior Forestry and the Small and Seasonal Business...
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Final push for H-2B reform for 2019 season
Andrew Bray On Jan. 25, Congress and the president reached an agreement to reopen the government for 21 days. During that time, negotiations are expected to intensify around wall funding in the...
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DHS to release 30,000 additional H-2B visas
Photo: LM staff The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a decision to release an additional 30,000 H-2B visas for seasonal workers who previously worked in the U.S. during one of the last...
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Government Affairs: H-2B efforts turn toward Homeland Security acting secretary
Photo: Getty Images / 400tmax Last December, Congress approved an additional 65,000 H-2B visas above the statutory limit of 66,000, subject, however, to the approval of the secretary of the Department...
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Government Affairs: The landscape industry needs more than 45,000 H-2B visas
Photo: a_Taiga/iStock / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images As expected, the annual statutory cap of 66,000 H-2B visas for the federal fiscal year 2019-2020 was reached on Feb. 18. This means that all for...
View ArticleDept. of Homeland Security adds 35,000 H-2B visas
The Department of Homeland Security will make available 35,000 supplemental H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for the second half of fiscal year (FY) 2020. The allocation also comes with new...
View ArticleDHS to release additional 65K H-2B visas in 2023 fiscal year
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will release an additional 64,716 H-2B visas for seasonal non-agricultural workers for the upcoming year, bringing the 2023 total to 130,716. According to DHS,...
View ArticleDHS issues proposed rule to change H-2 temporary visa programs
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), proposed changes to the H-2A temporary agricultural and the H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker programs (H-2...
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