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US senators fight to bring J-1 visa workers back to Alaska

Worker shortage hits Alaska processors as senators introduce bill to reinstate seafood processing into the program after they were cut last year

By Undercurrent News | June 24, 2013 16:04 BST
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Alaska processors are running on fewer workers this year due to the alteration of the J-1 visa program last year, but US senators Mark Begich and Lisa Murkowski introduced two amendments on Friday that would bring those workers back [...]

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