Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center With Support From Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i
Military projects led to exemption of foreign worker limit
By Gaynor Dumat-ol Daleno
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TÃA, Guam (Pacific Daily News, February 28, 2016) – Some of Guam’s construction contractors have hit bureaucratic walls in their petitions to hire foreign workers, two immigration attorneys said.
And a possible solution is unlikely — until after a new president is seated at the White House, one of the attorneys, Ladd Baumann, said.
In anticipation of military buildup projects ramping up starting this year, Guam received an exemption from the annual nationwide limit on how many foreign workers can be brought in under H-1B and H-2B visas.
This exemption was made possible through Congress and the White House.
However, employers are seeing increasing rejection rates, or delays at rates higher than what Guam employers...