Rhode Island Newport Village Homeowners Association. Oklahoma Newton Construction. Texas This letter is signed by over 1.300 organizations and small businesses from every State in the union supporting this H2B returning worker program. H2B workers offer shortterm help. They cannot and do not stay in the United States. More importantly. the H2B program contains strong provisions to ensure American workers have the first right to work. Without an extension of the returning worker program. small and seasonal businesses will face significant labor shortages this year. If small businesses lose their ability to hire seasonal. nonimmigrant labor. fulltime American jobs are at stake and may be lost.