Immigrants, U.S. Workers Both Dislike H-2B Program
A lawsuit targeting Cumberland Environmental Resources Company says the company abused foreign workers brought in with H-2B visas by firing them when they complained about changed job descriptions and bad working conditions. The suit says that Cumberland, along with Accent Personnel Services Inc. required the employees to accept illegally low wages, as well as pay additional fees not part of the H-2B program. FAIR president Dan Stein told the AP that the H-2B program was part of a broader immigration policy where U.S. workers are "incrementally squeezed out of their jobs and their livelihoods."