House allows H-2B increase in omnibus spending bill
Story Date: 3/23/2018

 

Source: CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES, 3/22/18


The new spending bill covering the remainder of the fiscal year includes a provision to again allow the Department of Homeland Security to exceed the annual cap on admissions of unskilled non-agricultural workers. This step, if fully implemented by USCIS, potentially would add as many as 63,000 additional H-2B guest workers next year, nearly doubling the size of this program.

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