New EPI Report Shows Employers Have Greatly Increased Usage of the H-2B Visa Program--and Warns Against Expanding It to Year-round Jobs Like Meatpacking
September 19, 2025
September 19, 2025
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (TNSrep) -- The Economic Policy Institute issued the following news release:
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New EPI report shows employers have greatly increased usage of the H-2B visa program--and warns against expanding it to year-round jobs like meatpacking
A new Economic Policy Institute report (https://www.epi.org/publication/the-h-2b-visa-program-has-ballooned-without-being-fixed-expanding-it-to-year-round-jobs-like-meatpacking-would-lower-wages-and-reven . . .
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New EPI report shows employers have greatly increased usage of the H-2B visa program--and warns against expanding it to year-round jobs like meatpacking
A new Economic Policy Institute report (https://www.epi.org/publication/the-h-2b-visa-program-has-ballooned-without-being-fixed-expanding-it-to-year-round-jobs-like-meatpacking-would-lower-wages-and-reven . . .