Summer Worker Visas

Apr 24, 2004

C-SPAN | Washington Journal

Mr. Khanna talked about the effects of the cap on summer visas. Since the Immigration and Naturalization Service imposed a limit on the number of summer visas that would be issued, some hospitality and tourism industry employers have complained that they may have difficulty hiring enough maids, food servers, and other seasonal workers.
Mr. Khanna talked about the effects of the cap on summer visas. Since the Immigration and Naturalization Service imposed a limit on the number of summer visas that would be issued, some hospitality and tourism industry employers have complained that they may have difficulty hiring enough maids, food servers, and other seasonal workers.

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00:00:16 Echevarria, PedroHost RAJIV KHANNA, WHY SHOULD FOREIGN WORKERS COMING FOR SOUTHERN EMPLOYMENT BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE VISA,...
00:00:23 Khanna, Rajiv S.Attorney I THINK THE QUESTION CAN BE ASKED A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY. WHY SHOULD WE BE CONCERNED ABOUT FOREIGN WORKERS...
00:00:54 Echevarria, PedroHost HOW MANY WILL BE ALLOWED TO COME THIS YEAR UNDER A TEMPORARY VISA FOR SUMMER WORK.
00:01:00 Khanna, Rajiv S.Attorney WE THINK IT'S 66,000. BUT THE COUNTING DONE BY CIS IS SO UNPREDICTIBLE. IT'S BASED UPON TRENDS RATHER...
00:01:20 Echevarria, PedroHost WHY JUST 66,000.
00:01:22 Khanna, Rajiv S.Attorney IT'S A POLITICAL COMPROMISE. THERE IS NO MAGIC NUMBER, NO REASON WHY THIS NUMBER HAS BEEN PUT INTO...
00:01:31 Echevarria, PedroHost WHAT'S THE POLITICS BEHIND IT THEN?
00:01:33 Khanna, Rajiv S.Attorney WELL, AS YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF THE STATUTES, THIS STATUTE HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS SINCE...
00:02:14 Echevarria, PedroHost SO WHY THE CHANGE NOW?
00:02:18 Khanna, Rajiv S.Attorney WE HAVE GROWN MORE AND MORE ACCUSTOMED TO HAVING THESE JOBS FARMED OUT AS ECONOMY HAS EXPANDED, AS...
00:02:49 Echevarria, PedroHost AND THAT WILL IMPACT, LIKE YOU SAID, INDUSTRIES LATER ON THIS YEAR?
00:02:52 Khanna, Rajiv S.Attorney EVERY INDUSTRY.
00:02:53 Echevarria, PedroHost WE WILL TALK ABOUT PROGRAM FOR TEMPORARY WORKERS WHO COME FOR SUMMER EMPLOYMENT. WE INVITE YOUR CALLS...
00:03:11 Unidentified Speaker ACTUALLY THERE IS A FOURTH LINE FOR OUR INTERNATIONAL VIEWERS THIS MORNING --
00:03:20 Unidentified Speaker IF I AM A WORKER FOR ANOTHER COUNTRY, I WANT TO COME TO THIS COUNTY GET A JOB FOR THE SUMMER, WHAT...
00:03:35 Khanna, Rajiv S.Attorney UNDER THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY CHOICES, BECAUSE THE QUOTA IS OVER. THE EARLIEST...
00:04:51 Echevarria, PedroHost IF A PERSON GETS A VISA, WHAT ASSURES THY LEAVE ONCE THEIR TIME OF EMPLOYMENT IS OVER?
00:04:56 Khanna, Rajiv S.Attorney THERE IS NO ASSURANCE, OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT THESE VISAS ARE TYPICALLY LONG-TERM VISAS. THE HISTORY...
00:05:18 Echevarria, PedroHost FIRST CALL IS NEW YORK CITY OUR LINE FOR DEMOCRATS. GO AHEAD.
00:05:22 Caller HI. JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU, FIRST, THAT I LOVE C-SPAN AND I ALSO WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT ...
00:05:46 Khanna, Rajiv S.Attorney IT'S QUITE OFF TOPIC. TODAY'S TOP PICK IS THE H-2 B. THE 45 PILOT PROGRAM, I AM MAKE A QUICK COMMENT....
00:06:09 Echevarria, PedroHost WE GO TO BEAUMONT, TEXAS.
00:06:10 Caller HI. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW ARE WE GOING TO -- THE PERSON -- PRESIDENT BUSH GOING TO SUPPORT H1-B...
00:06:32 Khanna, Rajiv S.Attorney ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OFF TOP PICK, WHERE H-1Bs ARE PROFESSIONALS. AND H-1Bs QUOTAS EXPIRED...
00:06:59 Echevarria, PedroHost SO FOR COMPUTERS, PEOPLE WHO STAY LONG TERM, AND H-2Bs IS THE TEMPORARY.
00:07:08 Khanna, Rajiv S.Attorney THEY DON'T GO BACK, USUALLY.
00:07:11 Caller YES. I HAVE A QUESTION, BASICALLY. WE HAVE SUCH A HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW,...
00:07:32 Khanna, Rajiv S.Attorney LET ME ADDRESS THAT ONLY FOR THE H-2B CONTEXT. THESE ARE FOR TEMPORARY JOBS. BY THEIR VERY NATURE...
00:08:45 Echevarria, PedroHost WHEN AN EMPLOYER DECIDES TO TAKE ON SOMEBODY FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY, IS THE EMPLOYER RESPONSIBLE FOR,...
00:09:01 Khanna, Rajiv S.Attorney FOR H-2B PROGRAM, THE EMPLOYER HAS TO COMPLY WITH ALL THE PREVAILING CONDITIONS IN THE MARKETS. ONE...
00:09:20 Echevarria, PedroHost KANSAS?
00:09:23 Caller WELL, I'M CURIOUS, I HAVE HEARD THAT WHEN, SAY, A PERSON FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY MARRIES AN AMERICAN,...
00:09:46 Khanna, Rajiv S.Attorney IT'S OFF TOPIC, BUT I WILL ANSWER THAT QUICKLY FOR YOU. IF A FOREIGN CITIZEN WHO IS LIVING IN THE...
00:10:17 Echevarria, PedroHost WE ARE GOING TO GET CALLS SOON THAT WILL SAY THERE ARE PLENTY OF AMERICANS THAT CAN TAKE THESE JOBS,...
00:10:30 Khanna, Rajiv S.Attorney TYPICALLY, THERE ARE FOUR BASIC CATEGORIES OF JOBS WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO H-2B STATUS. THERE IS THE...
00:12:01 Echevarria, PedroHost WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SUMMER VISAS FOR FOREIGN WORKERS WITH OUR GUEST AN IMMIGRATION LAWYER HERE IN...
00:12:20 Unidentified Speaker OUR INTERNATIONAL VIEWERS THIS MORNING --.
00:12:27 Unidentified Speaker LAKELAND, FLORIDA?
00:12:29 Caller I THINK THIS COULD CLEAR THINGS UP. I AM ABOUT AS LIBERAL DEMOCRAT AS YOU CAN GET. PULL THAT "NEW...
00:13:12 Echevarria, PedroHost SIR, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TEMPORARY WORKERS, NOT LONG-TERM. THAT'S THE SHAPE OF OUR DISCUSSION THIS...
00:13:22 Caller EXACTLY, SO IF AN EMPLOY YEAR WANTS TO BRING A TEMPORARY PERSON DURING THE HIRING SEASON WHICH IS...
00:14:00 Echevarria, PedroHost WE WILL LET OTHER GUEST RESPOND.
00:14:03 Khanna, Rajiv S.Attorney YOU ARE A LITTLE BIT OFF TOP PICK. THE SALARIES ARE REGULATED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND AN EMPLOYER IS...
00:15:16 Echevarria, PedroHost VIRGINIA YOU ARE NEXT.
00:15:19 Caller I USED TO BE IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY IN THE BERKSHIRES. AND THE FIRST SUMMER WE OPENED IN 1984,...
00:17:03 Echevarria, PedroHost CALLER, THANKS.
00:17:04 Khanna, Rajiv S.Attorney THANK YOU. I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT YOU MADE WAS WHAT I HAD SAID. SOMETIMES THESE JOBS ARE...
00:17:30 Echevarria, PedroHost YOU GIVE AN EXAMPLE FOR MAINE, WHAT OTHER EXAMPLES CAN YOU GIVE US HOW STATES CAN BE AFFECTED IF TEMPORARY...
00:17:41 Khanna, Rajiv S.Attorney IT'S NOT ANYTHING NEW OR EARTH SHATTERING I AM TALKING ABOUT, WHEN I SAY EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED TO...
00:18:09 Caller I WAS WANTING TO COMMENT ABOUT WHAT THE FELLOW JUST SAID AND WHAT THE LADY BEFORE SAID ABOUT WORKERS....
00:19:21 Echevarria, PedroHost WE WILL LET OUR GUEST RESPOND.
00:19:24 Khanna, Rajiv S.Attorney YOU MAKE SOME GOOD POINTS, WHAT YOU JUST SET REFLECTS THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF THE WAGE. THAT IS INCORRECT....
00:20:03 Echevarria, PedroHost OUR GUEST HAS A WEBSITE, IMMIGRATION.COM. WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION CAN THEY FIND THERE?
00:20:10 Khanna, Rajiv S.Attorney WE ARE A HEAVILY COMMUNITY-ORIENTED SITE. THERE'S ALL SORTS OF INFORMATION AND WE HAVE DISCUSSIONS...
00:20:28 Echevarria, PedroHost LONDON, KENTUCKY, GO AHEAD.
00:20:30 Caller YES, I HAVE A QUESTION. I SEE A LOT OF, HERE IN KENTUCKY I SEE A LOT OF FOREIGN PEOPLE DOWN HERE WORKING....
00:21:11 Khanna, Rajiv S.Attorney SIR, I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY TAX-EXEMPTIONS. I DON'T THINK IT'S POSSIBLE, FEDERAL TAXES ARE UNIFORM....
00:21:21 Echevarria, PedroHost SO IF SOMEONE IS UNDER THE
00:21:25 Khanna, Rajiv S.Attorney ABSOLUTELY. I AM NOT A TAX EXPERT. I MIGHT HAVE TO STAND CORRECTED IF SOMEBODY SAYS DIFFERENTLY, ...
00:21:45 Echevarria, PedroHost ABOUT SIX MINUTES OR SEVEN MINUTES FOR OUR GUESTS, TALKING ABOUT VISAS, FOR TEMPORARY WORKERS, CLARKS...
00:21:54 Caller I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOUR GUEST, HE WAS SPEAKING ABOUT LETTING PEOPLE COME IN TEMPORARILY TO WORK...
00:23:37 Khanna, Rajiv S.Attorney THANK YOU. YOU HAVE STATED TWO ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESS, LANGUAGE. LANGUAGE IS NOT A REQUIREMENT...
00:24:32 Echevarria, PedroHost LARG GO, FLORIDA.
00:24:34 Caller HELLO, FIRST I WANT TO SAY, I REALLY LOVE C-SPAN AND EVERYTHING YOU DO GIVING DIFFERENT PEOPLE A CHANCE...
00:25:06 Khanna, Rajiv S.Attorney IT CANNOT BE DONE THAT WAY, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INS SUPERVISE EMPLOYER'S ACTIVITIES....
00:25:30 Echevarria, PedroHost KOKOMO, INDIANA?
00:25:33 Unidentified Speaker YES, THANK YOU FOR THE C-SPAN. I AM AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR THIS COMPANY...
00:26:50 Echevarria, PedroHost CALLER, THANKS.
00:26:52 Caller OKAY, BUY.
00:26:56 Khanna, Rajiv S.Attorney AGAIN THIS IS AN H-1 ISSUE, NOT AN H-2 ISSUE. THIS IS AN OBSERVATION, SOME OF THE FOREIGN WORKERS...
00:27:22 Echevarria, PedroHost IS THERE A GENERAL TYPE OF JOB INDUSTRY THAT THESE WORKERS WILL -- IS IT SEPARATE CAMPS OR RESORTS,...
00:27:33 Khanna, Rajiv S.Attorney I COULD PROBABLY GIVE YOU A LIST OF 100 OR SO INDUSTRIES THAT ROW ROY TEENLY EMPLOY SEASONAL WORKERS....
00:28:09 Unidentified Speaker THESE JOBS ARE NOT ADVERTISED ON ANY GOVERNMENT WEBSITE. TYPICALLY THEY RECRUIT CUTE PEOPLE AND BRING...
00:28:21 Echevarria, PedroHost COLUMBIA, MARYLAND.
00:28:23 Caller THANK YOU. I LOVE YOUR SHOW. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE GENTLEMAN. IS THE EMPLOYER REQUIRED TO ADVERTISE...
00:29:00 Khanna, Rajiv S.Attorney I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. RECRUITMENT INVOLVES THE EMPLOYER HAVING TO PLAY AN ADD FOR THREE...
00:29:44 Echevarria, PedroHost LET'S TAKE ONE MORE CALL. CALLER, GO AHEAD.
00:29:52 Unidentified Speaker SIR, WE SHOULD BE SYMPATHETIC TO US NEW IMMIGRANTS. WE NEED MORE IMMIGRANTS SO THAT OUR ECONOMY WILL...
00:30:06 Khanna, Rajiv S.Attorney I COMPLETELY AGREE.
00:30:09 Echevarria, PedroHost THE CAP CURRENTLY STANDS AT WHAT?
00:30:11 Khanna, Rajiv S.Attorney 66,000.
00:30:14 Echevarria, PedroHost WHAT CAN WORKERS START FILING TO COME BACK TO FILL TEMPORARY JOBS.
00:30:18 Khanna, Rajiv S.Attorney THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR SAYS YOU CANNOT FILE FOR THE WORKER MORE THAN 120 DAYS AHEAD, SO COUNT BACK...
00:30:36 Echevarria, PedroHost SO DO YOU THINK THERE WILL BE AN EFFORT TO INCREASE THE CAP?
00:30:40 Khanna, Rajiv S.Attorney YES, THERE WAS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF EFFORT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, JUST BEFORE THE RECESS. THERE...
00:31:08 Echevarria, PedroHost AGAIN, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT MORE ON THIS ISSUE, OUR GUEST HAS A WEBSITE, GO TO...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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