As Texas Brown Shrimp Season About to Open, Industry in Crisis due to Federal Immigration Crackdown
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by John Sackton July 11, 2017
July 15th marks the opening of the Texas offshore brown shrimp season. But this year, according to Andrea Hance, Executive Director of the Texas Shrimp Association, the industry faces “one of [its] biggest crises in years.”
At issue is Congress stripping the returning worker provision from the H2B visa laws, meaning that experienced shrimp crew from Mexico that have worked on boats for years will not be allowed to do so this year. This problem has impacted the seafood industry from Maryland to the Gulf, and up to Alaska. Returning workers, who come back year after year to the same job, were given...
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