Cuellar and Gonzalez Call for Legal Workforce Solutions at South Texas Builders Forum
· Texas Border Business
During the South Texas Builders Association forum in Edinburg, U.S. Representatives Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez emphasized the need for bipartisan solutions to address workforce shortages and immigration reform in the construction industry. Gonzalez highlighted that immigrants represent about 30% of construction workers nationwide and proposed the Safe American Workforce Act to provide legal work authorization for long-term residents. Cuellar advocated for expanding the H-2B visa program to help local employers. Both lawmakers stressed the importance of collaboration to tackle these issues and pledged to support initiatives aimed at improving workforce training in partnership with local educational institutions.
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