US reserves 6,000 guest worker visas for Central Americans
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US President Joe Biden has grappled in recent months with a rising number of migrants arriving at the US-Mexico border, and in March, about 85,000 of the 172,000 migrants apprehended at the border came from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
The administration of US President Joe Biden will set aside 6,000 seasonal guest worker visas for people from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador in the coming months, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Tuesday, a small step towards establishing more legal pathways to the United States from the region. The 6,000-visa allotment would be part of an additional 22,000 H-2B visas made available to employers in the current fiscal year, which ends on September 30, DHS said in a statement. The increase has been sought by business groups but opposed by labour unions amid high unemployment related to the coronavirus pandemic.
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