Jeff Bingaman: “Now, the Y-2 program is a temporary worker program, and it revises and incorporates the existing H-2B seasonal…”

“Now, the Y-2 program is a temporary worker program, and it revises and incorporates the existing H-2B seasonal nonagricultural program. As I mentioned earlier, this amendment would address the problem of people whom we bring into the country for up to 10 months, allow them to work here, whether they are working at resorts or working at some kind of seasonal employment, nonagricultural seasonal employment, and then we require them to go home for 2 months. Then they can do that each year. As Senators have discussed this program, and as it has been discussed in the press, its been stated that the underlying substitute amendment provides for an annual allocation of visas from 100,000 initially to up to 200,000 each year, depending upon the market demand.”