Please see the announcement below from USCIS. It is clear that 66% of need seasonal positions will not be filled due to the H-2B cap. We need your help to immediately urge Congress to include H-2B cap relief in the fiscal 2018 spending bill that lawmakers are currently negotiating. The current spending bill that funds the Federal Government runs out on March 23. We need your continued help to make sure that Congress acts. We know many of you have repeatedly reached out to your lawmakers, but please do so again NOW. We need your help to #saveH2B.

What Can You Do?

• Please call your Representative and Senators at their Washington, DC offices and stress the need for immediate cap relief. You can reach your elected officials through the Capitol switchboard at 202-225-3121. Once connected to the office ask to speak to the staff person who handles H-2B issues. 

The ALCC Landscape Career Pathways program continues its efforts to grow the landscape industry workforce with the return of last year’s successful Irrigation Boot Camp. The 48-hour course, hosted in partnership with Emily Griffith Technical College, will help new recruits and job changers within companies to become job-ready just in time for spring start-up. Two sessions will be offered--one in March and one in April. Session one begins March 8.