Thousands of foreign workers at hotels, resorts and small businesses might lose their jobs unless Congress renews a federal law that exempts them from a cap on the number of visas for seasonal workers, according to an article in The Daily Advertiser. The exemption expired as of Sept. 30.

This is a concern for both workers and employers who need to fill seasonal jobs that Americans don’t want. Unless Congress does something about it, these workers might not be able to return for work next year.

As mentioned in the article, "Bipartisan proposals in Congress would allow seasonal foreign workers who return annually to the United States, under the H2B guest worker program, to be exempt from a national cap that limits the number of visas for such workers to 66,000. The House bill would permanently exempt seasonal workers from the cap; the Senate bill extends the exemption from the cap for five years."

Currently, the bills are held up in Congress where there is national debate over immigration issues and guest worker programs.

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