The story focused on two American companies who are suffering because of the increasing difficulty. The first is a family farm who has been unable to recruit American workers to harvest the farm’s produce. Unable to recruit American workers, the farmer has been unable to bring in temporary workers through the H-2b visa category. This, despite the number of H-2Bs being down 52% this year.
The second company has had difficulty obtaining H-1B visas for qualified workers who the company cannot find in the United States. The report noted that during the last year the number of H-1B petitions that received Requests for Further Evidence (RFEs) doubled.