Trump Administration Set To Grant Record Numbers of H-2B Visas

This will be a wrap for today:

“The Trump administration is planning to grant approximately 96,000 H-2B visas for temporary and short-term workers — 80% of whom come from Mexico and Central America — this fiscal year, the Washington Post reports.

Why it matters: This is the highest amount of H-2B visas given since 2007, per the Post. As the amount of temporary worker visas increase, President Trump has heightened his rhetoric on stopping a “colossal surge” of immigration through the U.S.-Mexico border, saying “the system is full. Can’t take you anymore. … Our country is full.” DHS Secretary Nielsen has described the current situation at the border as a “system-wide breakdown” of the U.S. immigration system. …”

STILL NOT TIRED OF WINNING #MIGA

Such has been the experience of being “tethered” to the “conservative-populist coalition.”

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