Expanding Temporary Work Visas: Congress’ New Efforts Explained

After two of the biggest years yet for hiring temporary foreign workers in the US, lawmakers are aiming to use a Homeland Security Department spending bill to give a boost to businesses seeking to bring in workers from abroad.

The Biden administration has steadily increased the number of visas available for temporary foreign workers as seasonal industries like landscaping, seafood processing, and hospitality clamored for help to solve worsening labor gaps.

But despite the unprecedented move this year to release all available visas under the H-2B program for temporary, non-farm workers, employers say they are still unable to meet labor ...