Mr. President. if the Senator from Wyoming would give me his attention. I would like to pose a question relative to section 211(b)(1) of the Immigration bill which deals with the length of certification for H2 agricultural workers. As the Senator knows. the section provides: ... an alien may not be admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant under Section 101(a)(15)(H)(iii)(a) for an aggregate period of more than eight months in any calendar year. except in the case of agricultural labor or services which the Secretary of Labor. before the date of enactment of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1983. has recognized require a longer period. which may exceed one year. Now. the Arizona citrus industry has a season that virtually lasts year round. Some Arizona employers currently use the existing H2 program.
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