Biden Plans On Replacing Even More American Workers, Are You At Risk?

We shouldn’t be importing even more people if we can’t even take care of our own.

It’s no secret that we currently have a major problem with labor force participation in America. Many people are underemployed, underpaid, unsatisfied, or have dropped out of the labor force entirely.

Instead of addressing those issues, the Biden administration has temporarily increased the number of H-2B foreign visas to import foreign workers to the United States.

According to sources, roughly 65,000 new H-2B visas will be issued alongside the previously allotted number for 2024.

These foreign visas will no doubt place even more pressure on the American labor force and will create even more competition for the average American worker.

Blue-collar labor is particularly vulnerable due to a large number of foreign visa workers going into agricultural trades and similar industries, though white-collar trades will likely also suffer.

H-2B visas for ‘specialty occupations’ are actually the single highest category when it comes to the allocation of foreign H-2B visas and many of these are white-collar trades. Here’s what we currently know about the plan:

@DHSgov & @USDOL are instituting robust protections for U.S. & foreign workers alike, ensuring employers first seek out & recruit American workers for the jobs to be filled, as the visa program requires, & that foreign workers hired are not exploited by unscrupulous employers.2/3

— USCIS (@USCIS) November 16, 2023

Breitbart had more on the story:

Specifically, 20,000 H-2B visas will go to foreign workers from Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, and Honduras, while the remaining 45,000 visas will go to foreign workers who have been recently previously approved for H-2B visas.

📣FY 2024 H-2B Visa Cap increased! Critical for US labor market. https://t.co/0Pz2H1jksB #H2BVisa pic.twitter.com/tsb4AfS577

— workpermit.com Law (@workpermitcom) November 21, 2023

USCIS Announces Availability of Additional H-2B Visas for Fiscal Year 2024 https://t.co/XfBFFYnyOF pic.twitter.com/24YxpifiIF

— Gevorg Gregory Alexanyan (@alexanyanlaw) November 16, 2023

The Salt Lake Tribune featured this concerning story about the usage of H-2B visas to facilitate labor trafficking:

State investigators say Rubicon Contractors LLC hired approximately 150 Mexican laborers using H-2B visas, and forced them to work and live in “extremely poor” conditions under threat of deportation.

The workers were undertrained and underpaid, according to a probable cause statement.

What money employees did receive was loaded onto a debit-like card, from which the company could withdraw funds. Employees were routinely peppered with deductions to their meager pay for housing and equipment, according to a news release.