Visas are for low skilled workers in service and labor industry.
By Raif Karerat
The first immigration bill introduced under Rep. Paul Ryan’s speakership would bypass the annual 66,000 cap on H-2B work visas by allowing foreigners admitted in any of the three previous years to remain and not be subject to the cap, reported WND, which touts itself as “the largest Christian website in the world.”
Critics say it will lead to more competition for middle-class American jobs and will eventually lead to more illegal immigrants as foreign workers overstay their visas,
The H-2B visa is considered a “seasonal” work permit for what WND describes as “lower-skilled” industries such as construction work, hospitality, theme park employment, maintenance, forestry, seafood processing, cruise ship staffing, and truck driving, among others.
It differs from the H-1B, which is for skilled guest-workers and also is the subject of pending legislation sponsored by Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who wants to triple the number issued to foreign workers each year and is catching constant flak from conservative circles as a result.
“These are explicitly non-farm jobs, often for lower-skilled work but also middle class jobs,” an uncited source informed WND. “Of course, because we don’t have a visa-tracking system and the president is not enforcing over-stay rules, it increases another avenue to add to the illegal population.”
The bill was introduced Wednesday by Reps. Steve Chabot, (R-Ohio), Bob Goodlatte, (R-Va.), Andy Harris, (R-Md.), and Charles W. Boustany, Jr., (R-La.).