AHLA Points Assertion on DHS/DOL Launch of Supplemental H-2B Visas – Picture Credit score AHLA
On December 31, 2025, the Trump Administration introduced the discharge of 35,000 supplemental H-2B visas. Rosanna Maietta, President and CEO of the American Resort & Lodging Affiliation, made the next assertion:
“AHLA applauds the Departments of Homeland Safety and Labor for releasing hundreds of extra H-2B visas. These visas will make it simpler for small enterprise hoteliers to entry the seasonal employees they want, notably within the face of ongoing staffing shortages. Whereas we welcome this choice, we urge Congress and the Administration to create a extra predictable system based mostly on the necessity for employees as a substitute of the arbitrary, outdated H-2B visa caps in place at present.”
Background: The H-2B visa program is significant to serving to unbiased lodges and resorts in distant trip locations fill seasonal roles, however this system is arbitrarily capped at 66,000 visas every year.
