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Seafood processors look to lawmakers for help with chronic H-2B visa problems

Seafood firms in Alaska, Maine, Maryland and Virginia have all had chronic problems securing visas for temporary non-agricultural workers

By Undercurrent News | Feb. 1, 2023 17:55 GMT
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