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Maryland governor seeks more temporary worker H-2B visas

Maryland governor seeks more temporary worker H-2B visas April 07, 2021 Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan called on federal officials to make more H-2B nonimmigrant temporary worker program visas available in order to bring in temporary workers for the state’s $355 million seafood industry. Hogan made the request to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh. “In support of Maryland’s seafood industry and other seasonal employers, I request that you take immediate action to eliminate the unfair lottery system and increase the number of H-2B Nonimmigrant Temporary Worker Program visas now capped at 66,000 to the maximum allowable under federal law and under the legislative language included in the omnibus bill,” Hogan said. “These essential workers are vital to Maryland’s seafood industry and market, which has grown to include regional, national, and international reach.”

Governor calls for more H-2B visas

ANNAPOLIS — With Maryland’s blue crab harvest season underway, Governor Larry Hogan Friday, April 2, urged federal officials to make more H-2B Nonimmigrant Temporary Worker Program visas available to help protect Maryland’s $355 million seafood industry and supply chain. In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, the governor also called for a long-term, permanent solution to provide certainty to rural Maryland, particularly the Eastern Shore. “In support of Maryland’s seafood industry and other seasonal employers, I request that you take immediate action to eliminate the unfair lottery system and increase the number of H-2B Nonimmigrant Temporary Worker Program visas — now capped at 66,000 — to the maximum allowable under federal law and under the legislative language included in the omnibus bill,” Hogan wrote. “These essential workers are vital to Maryland’s seafood industry and

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