Most of my employees come from Central America. They arrive each year in early April, stay in the U.S. for eight months under seasonal work permits called H-2B visas, pay U.S. and New Jersey taxes—and return home in December as heroes to their families.
The problem became visible in January, as the application window opened for the quota of 33,000 visas. Demand from employers was so large that it crashed the government's computers. When the window was reopened a few weeks later, I applied for visas within 10 minutes. But the demand was about three times the available supply, and I was one of the applicants completely shut out.
In contrast, workers from Central America—and Mexico, too—can return to their countries and step into jobs created there by the winter growing season. If everything is progressing as it should, these employees become available to work for their employers year after year, which helps their families, the employers and the customers needing services.
Like Cousin Eddie with his HS diploma, they’re waiting for a management position.
Pay enough to draw in American employees. Pay needs to go up and so do benefits. That is how the free market works.
That unfortunately is a fact!
This is the debate that isn't taking place. Nobody has taken up the challenge to show absurdity and lack of understanding shown by TrumpAdministration which throws all immigration into one mixed bag.
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