Cochran cosponsors amendment postponing changes to visa program
by MBJ Staff Published: June 18,2012
Tags: federal government, foreign worker, foreign workers, legislative, temporary worker, visa
WASHINGTON — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) is co-sponsoring an amendment to again stop the U.S. Department of Labor from implementing new regulations for a temporary foreign worker visa program that, according to Cochran, would make it harder for seasonal industries, like shrimping, to survive. Cochran is vice chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee that approved [...] [...]
