H-2B

The extensive rules -- 575 pages long -- make important changes across the program, which is known as H-2B.

Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News & Analysis Ezra Klein 2012

important changes across the program, which is known as H-2B.

NYT > Home Page By JULIA PRESTON 2012

Employers must also pledge to pay their H-2B workers whatever the Department of Labor determines to be "prevailing wage" for that job -- namely the market rate local workers are earning.

Dan Rather: "Guest Workers" and U.S. Unemployment Dan Rather 2010

Still hiring an H-2B worker entails more time and money than hiring an illegal foreigner or an American worker.

Dan Rather: "Guest Workers" and U.S. Unemployment Dan Rather 2010

Getting H-2B visas involves a multi-step application process that prevents -- at least theoretically -- employers from replacing American workers with lower-paid foreign labor.

Dan Rather: "Guest Workers" and U.S. Unemployment Dan Rather 2010

The federal numbers gathered by Dan Rather Reports about 10 years of H-2B applications from U.S. businesses are a remarkable snapshot of work done out of sight of middle-class Americans.

Dan Rather: "Guest Workers" and U.S. Unemployment Dan Rather 2010

In order to give the public an easy way to search the federal data of companies that have applied for H-2B guest worker visas from 1999 through June 2010 Dan Rather Reports created this on-line database and asked PolicyMap to create this interactive map.

Dan Rather: "Guest Workers" and U.S. Unemployment Dan Rather 2010

There were nearly 40,000 H-2B jobs in circuses and amusement parks, nearly 150,000 in housekeeping, and almost half a million in landscaping,

Dan Rather: "Guest Workers" and U.S. Unemployment Dan Rather 2010

Kyodo News/Associated Press Japan has the technology—including its H-2B rocket, shown launched in January from the island of Tanegashima—to develop and deliver nuclear weapons.

In Japan, Provocative Case for Staying Nuclear Chester Dawson 2011

There were nearly 40,000 H-2B jobs in circuses and amusement parks, nearly 150,000 in housekeeping, and almost half a million in landscaping,

Dan Rather: "Guest Workers" and U.S. Unemployment Dan Rather 2010