Department of Homeland Security
AHLA to DHS: Expand H-2B Visas So Hoteliers Can Meet Demand
AHLA | March 28, 2024
WASHINGTON (March 28, 2024) – American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) Interim President & CEO Kevin Carey today thanked President Biden for signing legislation allowing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to expand the number of H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas, and called on DHS to exercise that authority as soon as possible so hotels can hire the staff they need to maintain and expand their operations. “Hotels across the nation are economic engines for the communities they serve. But labor shortages across the economy are preventing hotels from hiring the staff they need and reaching their full economic po...
Travel Industry Welcomes One-Year REAL ID Extension, But Says Longer May Be Necessary
The U.S. Travel Association | March 27, 2020
Washington (March 27, 2020)—The U.S. Travel Association praised the Department of Homeland Security's Thursday announcement of a one-year REAL ID enforcement delay, but cautioned that a longer extension may be necessary to ensure that implementation won't further disrupt the already devastated American travel economy. In a March 26 letter to Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf, U.S. Travel cited polling data showing that the U.S. had not made significant strides toward REAL ID compliance even before the coronavirus crisis. A new analysis compiled by U.S. Travel and Longwoods International, a market research consultancy, shows th...
