Ke ola mālie nei ka noho ʻana o ka hōkele ma nā hōkele a me nā hōkele ʻo US i kekahi mau hihia, akā ʻo ka 50% o ka noho ʻana ʻaneʻane hiki ʻole ke mālama ʻia e nā limahana hana.

Ma nā wahi hoʻokipa US e like me Hawaii a i ʻole Florida, nui ka poʻe i hana i ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa, ʻoi aku ka hana e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i nā lumi hōkele, ka papa mua, nā hale ʻaina, neʻe i nā hana ʻē aʻe a haʻalele paha i nā wahi hoʻomaha.

ʻO ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā lawelawe ma nā hōkele ke lilo nei i mea paʻakikī, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka nui o ka noho ʻana.

Ma hope o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka US Departments of Homeland Security and Labor i nā hoʻolālā e loaʻa i kahi visa hana no ka hana no ka manawa 20,000 H-2B no ka makahiki fiscal 2022, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo American Hotel & Lodging Association President a CEO Chip Rogers i ka ʻōlelo ma lalo nei.

"He nūhou maikaʻi ka hoʻolaha o kēia lā, ʻoiai ke hoʻomau nei ka ʻoihana hale noho a me nā mea ʻē aʻe he nui me ka mākeke hana paʻa loa i nā makahiki he mau makahiki. ʻO ka hoʻopiha ʻana i nā hana wehe ka mea nui o ka ʻoihana hōkele, a ʻo ka papahana visa H-2B e kōkua i nā hōkele a me nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe me ka ʻoihana ikaika a me nā limahana hana e hana pēlā. ʻOiai ke nānā mua nei kā mākou mau lālā i ka limahana US e hoʻopiha i nā hana koʻikoʻi i ka wā kiʻekiʻe, ʻo ka papahana H-2B he mea koʻikoʻi a pono hoʻi no kēia mau ʻoihana liʻiliʻi e hoʻopaʻa i ka hakahaka o ka hana.

ka ʻAhahui Hōkele a me ka Hoʻokele ʻAmelika (AHLA) ʻo ia wale nō ka hui aupuni e kū nei i nā ʻāpana āpau o ka ʻoihana hale noho o US. ʻO ke keʻena poʻo ma Wakinekona, DC, AHLA e kālele ana i ka hoʻolaha hoʻolālā, kākoʻo kamaʻilio, a me nā papahana hoʻomohala limahana e neʻe i ka ʻoihana i mua. Ma hope o ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19, ʻo ka hoʻokipa ka mea mua i hoʻopilikia ʻia a ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea hope loa e hoʻōla.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

Ma nā wahi hoʻokipa US e like me Hawaii a i ʻole Florida, nui ka poʻe i hana i ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa, ʻoi aku ka hana e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i nā lumi hōkele, ka papa mua, nā hale ʻaina, neʻe i nā hana ʻē aʻe a haʻalele paha i nā wahi hoʻomaha.
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitality was the first industry impacted and it will be among the last to recover.
workforce to fill critical job functions during peak seasons, the H-2B program serves as an important and necessary tool for these small businesses to bridge the employment gap.