Quarry Owners Say Visa Program Keeps Them in Business
The Santa Fe New Mexican › October 07, 2006
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Visa: Some see problems with H-2B program
Beth Vasquez said she has tried to find local workers for the flagstone quarries she and her husband operate in Colorado and Northern New Mexico.See the full content of this document
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Quarry Owners Say Visa Program Keeps Them in Business
"It's impossible, absolutely impossible," she said.
"Quarry labor is intense," she said. "The workers are lifting, splitting and chiseling stone by hand and working in the sun eight to nine hours a day."Vasquez said she has advertised the jobs in major newspapers in Denver but has gotten little or no response."On...See the full content of this document
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