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US seafood industry not yet ready to celebrate addition of 35,000 temporary workers

The administration of US president Donald Trump has announced the release of 35,000 additional H-2B visas, but the seafood sector doesn't know yet how many it will get

By Jason Huffman | March 6, 2020 18:41 GMT
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The president Donald Trump administration has delivered on its promise to several lawmakers from the US states of Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and Alaska, announcing that it would be making available as many as 35,000 supplemental H-2B visas for the second half of the 2020 fiscal year [...]

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