Why would Texas and Florida have the highest requests for H2B temporary visa for cheap labor? Orange groves need picking, cattle and oil fields need tending, resort beaches need fresh towels, and low cost of living to boot always helps – PB/TK
Texas, Florida Importing Most Foreign Labor – By John Binder / July 18 2017
The majority of low-skilled, foreign laborers arrive states like Texas, Florida, Louisiana and Colorado, according to a new study.
Every year, 66,000 foreign guest workers are brought to the U.S. on the H-2B to take seasonal jobs in blue-collar positions. In a new study by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), the H-2B visa-holders are shown to take the largest amount of jobs in Texas, where blue-collar employers asked for 18,002 foreign workers in 2016 alone.
Florida employers asked for the second-highest number, requesting nearly 8,000 H-2B workers in 2016. In Louisiana, employers asked for almost 4,500, while Colorado employers asked for more than 6,000.
Despite claims of labor shortages for blue-collar workers in these states, the average wages for the H-2B workers remain below $14 an hour. This, according to CIS researchers, depicts a job market that is not suffering from labor shortages, but instead suffering from an over-saturation of help where wages remain stagnant or decrease.
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