Thread: New US visa rules may hit temporary workers from India

USCIS PROPOSES CHANGES TO IMPROVE THE H-2B TEMPORARY
NON-AGRICULTURAL WORKER PROGRAM
WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today a series of
proposed rule changes that will streamline procedures for hiring workers under the H-2B program. These
changes are being proposed in further fulfillment of the commitment made by the Administration last
August, after the failure of Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform, to review and improve
temporary worker visa programs using existing authorities. The proposed rule, which has been sent to the
Federal Register, supplements the extensive reforms of the H-2B program already proposed by the
Department of Labor in its proposed rule published on May 22.
The H-2B nonimmigrant temporary worker program allows U.S. employers to bring foreign nationals to
the United States to fill temporary non-agricultural temporary jobs for which U.S. workers are not
available. The proposed changes to the H-2B program, discussed by Homeland Security Secretary
Michael Chertoff on June 10, will encourage and facilitate the lawful employment of foreign temporary
workers while ensuring the integrity of the H-2B program.
The proposed rule is designed to remove unnecessary limitations on H-2B employers while both
preventing fraud and abuse and protecting the rights of temporary workers. The proposed rule will:
• Reduce from six months to three months the time H-2B workers must wait outside the United
States before they are eligible to re-obtain status under the H or L classification;
• Require employer attestations on the scope of the H-2B employment and the use of recruiters to
locate H-2B workers;
• Crack down on employers and recruiters who impose fees on prospective H-2B workers in
connection with or as a condition of an offer of H-2B employment;
• Require an approved temporary labor certification in connection with all H-2B petitions;
• Preclude, with limited exception, the change of the employment start date after the grant of the
temporary labor certification;
• Require employers to notify DHS when H-2B workers fail to show up for work, are terminated,
or abscond from the worksite;
• Change the definition of “temporary employmentâ€

PhredE wrote:

Some are gangbangers and career criminals, etc.

To really split hairs, it suppose gangbanging and robbery, assualt, drug trafficking, etc. could be considered lucrative jobs, and I am sure those "workers" work a lot of long hours.

Ah, vortex has the gift of sarcastic irony - much appreciated from this poster ... and adding to your argument, couldn't ALL criminals be considered hard workers because many others also have to: work long or weird hours, put themselves in dangerous situations, receive 'low pay', etc.

Thanks for the article Captainron. The thing I am most curious about is why only focus on H-2A workers (?) Why not H-1b and others as well? Seems like those same guidelines and methods should apply for other visa types as well.
(For example - the problem with H-1b workers whose visa expires before they are able to complete the needed steps for citizenship process, or just hang around and continue to work and think 'hey, nobody is going to do anything anyway...' should be a focus of that strategy as well).

Originally Posted by PhredE

Thanks for the article Captainron. The thing I am most curious about is why only focus on H-2A workers (?) Why not H-1b and others as well? Seems like those same guidelines and methods should apply for other visa types as well.
(For example - the problem with H-1b workers whose visa expires before they are able to complete the needed steps for citizenship process, or just hang around and continue to work and think 'hey, nobody is going to do anything anyway...' should be a focus of that strategy as well).

This illegal immigration debate will be better and better as the economy gets worse.
I hope I can afford the internet to enjoy it!

Originally Posted by PhredE

Originally Posted by zeezil

Originally Posted by PhredE

The eight counties [sic - should be 'countries'] are said to have refused to repatriate a total of over 139,000 workers

How does the author know they ALL were 'workers'...????

Arent' ALL illegal aliens really just "undocumented workers" and "economic immigrants"???

Short answer: No.
Some are gangbangers and career criminals, etc. You and I know this, but will the MSM acknowledge it (?)
PS. Oh, and a worker that came here with a legal visa initially and later overstayed that visa is also a criminal too.

Don't forget the wet-food dry-foot policy. Cuba won't take back their criminals either. I don't see why not, they fit right into Castro's criminal mindset.

Originally Posted by PhredE

Thanks for the article Captainron. The thing I am most curious about is why only focus on H-2A workers (?) Why not H-1b and others as well? Seems like those same guidelines and methods should apply for other visa types as well.
(For example - the problem with H-1b workers whose visa expires before they are able to complete the needed steps for citizenship process, or just hang around and continue to work and think 'hey, nobody is going to do anything anyway...' should be a focus of that strategy as well).

Why not include that in "Comments?" If there is abuse anywhere it needs to stop. Now, if I could just find the "Comments" address.....