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Title: No evidence of labor shortages, but Congress is nevertheless considering giving H-2B employers access to more exploitable and underpaid guestworkers Author: Daniel Costa Source: Economic Policy Institute

*Date:* Dec 15, 2015

*Summary: *Expanding and deregulating the H-2B visa program (a temporary foreign worker program that allows U.S. employers to hire low-wage guestworkers from abroad temporarily for seasonal, non-agricultural jobs, mostly in landscaping, forestry, seafood processing, and hospitality) has been a top goal for business groups including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, ImmigrationWorks USA, landscaping and seafood employers, and the Essential Worker Immigration Coalition (EWIC)—lobbyists representing employers claiming they can’t find U.S. workers willing to mow lawns, plant trees, or pick crabmeat.

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