H2B Workforce Coalition

Stories about the importance of the H-2B program to seasonal and small businesses have been run throughout the country. Through the links below, you may download news stories organized by state or by those that apply generally or nationwide.

State Articles

Legal immigration rules need updating - San Antonio Express-News (editorial), 9/9/2008

Vanishing Fleet - The Brownsville Herald, 8/3/2008

Boats seek haven at Port of Brownsville - Brownsville Herald, 7/22/2008

Local hotels attemptiing to import workers - Midland Reporter-Telegram, 6/2/2008

Lawmakers plead for more foreign workers - Houston Chronicle, 4/16/2008

Lawmakers plead for more foreign workers CC - KRIS TV Corpus Christi, 4/16/2008

Some U.S. lawmakers plead for more foreign workers - KXAN Austin, 4/16/2008

Some U.S. lawmakers plead for more foreign workers - News West 9 Midland, 4/16/2008

Lawmakers push for more seasonal H-2B immigrant visas - Austin American Statesman , 4/2/2008

Visa issue keeps carnival workers from crossing border - Houston Chronicle, 3/22/2008

Without worker visas, businesses scramble to fill labor void - The Brownsville Herald, 3/22/2008

Where hope lives - The Brownsville Herald, 3/16/2008

The show must go on - The Paris News, 3/10/2008

Kelly-Miller Circus to take new acts on the road - The Paris News, 2/17/2008

Circuses say they're hurt by visa limit - Dallas Morning News, 2/11/2008

Legal - This booth's for you - Houston Chronicle, 1/30/2008

No visas, no circus - Brownsville Herald, 12/28/2007

Congress leaves circuses hanging - The Paris News, 12/27/2007

Immigration reform could put rodeo on jeopardy - KHOU.com, 12/26/2007

A shortfall in shuckers - Houston Chronicle, 12/21/2007

Businesses want foreign labor visa plan to grow - Houston Chronicle, 12/6/2007

Local circuses wait for congressional action - The Paris News, 12/3/2007

Will the circus come to town - The Paris News, 12/2/2007

A guest worker program is shrinking despite high demand in Texas - The Tennessean, 10/1/2007

Imported labor rights at heart of dispute - Houston Chronicle, 8/24/2007

Shrimpers say cap on foreign workers hurts business - News 8 Austin, 10/17/2004