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Refuse to raise the seasonal worker visa cap

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, chapter 5, p. 138. Written by Ken Cuccinelli.

Refuse to raise the seasonal worker visa cap

The document says “shouldWho acts: Secretary of Homeland SecurityHow: internal managementp. 138 in the PDF
What the document says

“The Secretary should make it clear that he or she will not use the Secretary’s existing discretionary authority to increase the number of H-2B”

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, p. 138

The H-2B visa covers seasonal non-agricultural workers and the Secretary may raise its cap. The chapter asks the Secretary to state that this authority will not be used, and separately that no regulation be issued in support of the eligible country list, so that applicants are not favored by nationality. It frames both as supporting American workers.

What the document actually says

“The Secretary should make it clear that he or she will not use the Secretary’s existing discretionary authority to increase the number of H-2B”

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, p. 138
That sentence, in plain words

The Secretary can let in more seasonal workers. The book says he should say he will not.

What this is about

Some visas are for seasonal jobs. There is a cap on how many. The Secretary is allowed to raise it. The book says he should promise not to.

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