From Cape Cod to Aspen, Visa Cap Hits Popular U.S. Holiday Spots
- H-2B program cap exemption cut from 2016 continuing resolution
- Employers feel labor-market squeeze with fewer foreign workers
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Stone masons in Colorado, thoroughbred caretakers in Kentucky and waiters in Cape Cod are in shorter supply after Congress allowed a temporary migrant worker program to shrink.
Lawmakers temporarily lifted the number of seasonal visas for unskilled, non-farm workers for fiscal year 2016: Workers who had used the program in recent years were allowed to re-enter without counting toward the 66,000-person cap. Congress didn’t renew the exemption when it had the chance in December.