Small Luxury Resorts Caught Up in Immigration Clampdown

Seasonal luxury resorts are finding themselves in a difficult position, thanks to new government restrictions on short-term visas. While the H-2B visa process, designed for workers coming into the country for seasonal jobs, has always been a quagmire, things have become more fraught under the Trump administration. According to Brian Crawford, executive vice president of government affairs for the American Hotel & Lodging Association, “This administration more than most is focused on immigration-related matters. But we don’t see H-2B visas as an immigration issue. We see it as small-business issue. We need workers, but it’s become a political hot potato that nobody wants to touch, especially since it’s become tethered to debate around the wall.” Nonetheless, H2B workers have become caught up in the Trump administration’s war on immigration. In a recent salvo, the government announced in January that it was suspending workers from the Philippines and the Dominica