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Alaska, North Carolina, Virginia lawmakers join push for H-2B seafood worker help

'Many of the seafood businesses we represent are family owned operations that go back multiple generations, often in rural areas of our states' -- letter from seven US  senators

By Jason Huffman | Feb. 27, 2020 17:54 GMT
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Yes, it's true that Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has already committed to helping secure more H-2B visas for Maryland and Virginia seafood processing companies, a congressional staffer tells Undercurrent News [...]

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