March 14, 2008
Businesses Face Cut in Immigrant Work Force
By KATIE ZEZIMA


William Zammer Jr., owner of restaurants on Cape Cod, will be forced to open for summer tourists a little later than usual.

HYANNIS, Mass. — For years, William Zammer Jr. has relied on 100 seasonal foreign employees to turn down beds, boil lobsters and serve cocktails at the restaurants, golf course and inn he owns on Cape Cod and in nearby Plymouth.

This summer, however, the foreign workers will not be returning, and Mr. Zammer, like other seasonal employers across the nation, is scrambling to find replacements.

“It’s a major crisis,â€