DHS To Bar Haiti From Temporary Agricultural, Seasonal Worker Visas (UPI)

Jan. 17 (UPI) -- The Department of Homeland Security plans to block Haiti and two other countries from applying for temporary and seasonal visas.

The announcement set to be published in the Federal Register Thursday will remove Haiti, Belize and Samoa from the list of countries eligible for H-2A agricultural and H-2B non-agricultural temporary permits.

 

...Michael Clemens, a senior fellow at the non-partisan Center for Global Development, said making Haitians ineligible for the H-2 visas eliminates the only U.S. work visa almost everyone in Haiti can apply to receive.

 

"The administration has made it clear that it sees no benefit from Haitian immigrants in the US, and that's incorrect. There has been a tremendous benefit from Haitian migrants to the US, including on this particular visa," Clemens said.

 

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