June 8, 2016

Temporary Foreign Workers Program

Trade union leaders, immigration policy experts and economists testified at a hearing on the impact of the H-2B Temporary Foreign Worker… read more

Trade union leaders, immigration policy experts and economists testified at a hearing on the impact of the H-2B Temporary Foreign Worker Program on the labor market. The H-2B visa program permits U.S. employers to temporarily hire foreign workers to perform non-agricultural labor and services. The program is capped at 66,000 workers but Congress passed a provision in 2015 that would potentially increase the number of visas issued. close

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Richard Blumenthal U.S. Senator (Class 3) [D] Connecticut
Steven A. Camarota Director Center for Immigration Studies->Research and Programs

Amy Klobuchar U.S. Senator (Class 1) [D] Minnesota
Jeff Sessions U.S. Senator (Class 2) [R] Alabama
Thom Tillis U.S. Senator (Class 2) [R] North Carolina
Stephen Bronars Partner Edgeworth Economics
Daniel Costa Director Economic Policy Institute->Immigration Law and Policy Research
Michael Cunningham Executive Director Texas State Building and Construction Trades Council
Meredith Stewart Staff Attorney Southern Poverty Law Center

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Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest

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Program ID:: 410790-1
Category:: Senate Committee
Format:: Senate Committee
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:: Jun 08, 2016 | 2:30pm EDT | C-SPAN.org
Last Aired:: Jun 12, 2016 | 4:08am EDT | C-SPAN 1

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