Trump Says Guest Workers Will Be Allowed Into United States (Video)
At a Make America Great Again Rally in Washington, Michigan, on
April 28, 2018, President Donald Trump was quoted as saying,
“For the farmers, OK, it’s going to get good. And
we’re going to have strong borders, but we have to have your
workers come in.” That appeared to contradict other Trump
administration efforts to reduce migration to the United States
generally.
According to reports, President Trump added, “The
unemployment picture is so good, it’s so strong, that we have
to let people come in. They’re going to be guest workers.
They’re going to come in, they’re going to work on your
farms, we’re going to have the H-2Bs come in, we’re going
to have a lot of things happening but then they have to go
out.”
There was no immediate indication of specifics, such as when,
how, or how many guest workers will be able to enter the United
States, and how many will be agricultural or nonagricultural. In
the omnibus spending bill, the Department of Homeland Security was
authorized to expand the H-2B visa program. President Trump’s
Mar-a-Lago resort and other businesses use hundreds of guest worker
visas, news reports have noted. During his campaign, then-candidate
Trump told CNN, “You cannot get help during the season. The
season goes from, like, October to March. It’s almost
impossible to get help. And part of the reason you can’t get
American people is they want full-time jobs.”
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