releases: https://harris.house.gov/media/in-the-news/federal-move-could-bring-more-crab-pickers-marylands-eastern-shore
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| https://harris.house.gov/media/in-the-news/federal-move-could-bring-more-crab-pickers-marylands-eastern-shore | Federal move could bring more crab pickers to Maryland's Eastern Shore | 2019-04-18 | 2019 | 2019-04 | Republican | House | MD | Andy Harris | H001052 | harris.house.gov | legacy | The Maryland crabbingindustry may see some relief as blue crab season heads into full swing. Each fiscal year, the H-2B visa program brings more than 60,000 temporary foreign workers into the United States tofillnon-agricultural jobs. In Maryland, those visas have provided the Eastern Shore crab pickers on which the state's seafood industry depends. In thedays beforethen-Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigned from her Trump administration post on April 7, it wasannounced that 30,000 moreH-2B visas would be awarded for the remainder of fiscal year 2019. Visas are allocated based on fiscal years, with a total 66,000 available each year and split down the middle, with 33,000 awarded during the first half of the year and another 33,000 during the second... | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |