美国国土安全部将为美国公司雇佣低薪外籍工人额外提供1.5万份H-2B签证。
In a written statement on Monday, DHS Secretary John Kelly called the move a "one-time increase."
国土安全部部长约翰·凯利（John Kelly）在周一发布的一份书面声明中称此举是“一次性增加。”
President Donald Trump has supported a policy called "Hire American." He wants U.S. companies to hire American workers instead of foreign ones. He has also repeatedly called to limit immigration.
川普总统支持一项所谓“雇佣美国人”的政策。他希望美国公司雇佣美国工人而不是外籍工人。他也多次呼吁限制移民。
But a DHS spokesperson said without the extra foreign workers, some U.S. businesses could suffer "irreparable harm."
但是国土安全部一位发言人表示，如果没有这些新增的外籍工人，一些美国企业将会遭受“无法弥补的伤害。”
In order to hire foreign workers through the visa program, businesses must show there are not enough U.S. workers "able, willing, qualified, and available" for the jobs.
为了通过该签证计划雇佣外籍工人，各企业必须表明没有足够的工人“有能力、有意愿、有资格以及适用于”这些工作。
The H-2B visa
H-2B签证
The H-2B visa is a temporary work visa for foreign workers to work in the United States at non-agriculture jobs. The U.S. limits these visas to 66,000 per year. That limit has already been reached for 2017.
H-2B签证是为外籍工人在美国非农岗位就业提供的一种临时工作签证。美国每年将这些签证限制在6.6万人次。2017年已经达到了这一限制。
According to the State Department, there were 85,000 H-2B visas issued in 2015. This was due to some returning workers being able to receive exemptions from the limit.
据美国国务院介绍，2015年发放了8.5万份H-2B签证。这是因为一些回归的工人能够免受限制。
Congress, however, did not renew the returnees' exemptions when they expired last fall.
然而去年秋天这项针对回归人员的豁免政策到期时，国会没有延续这一政策。
Some U.S. industries, like the tourism industry, depend heavily on seasonal workers. They say they have struggled to hire enough people since the H-2B visa exemptions expired.
美国旅游业等行业严重依赖于季节性工人。她们表示，自从H-2B签证豁免过期之后，他们一直很难招到足够的人员。
To address this problem, Congress recently permitted the Department of Homeland Security to go over the 66,000-visa limit.
为了解决这一问题，国会最近批准国土安全部突破6.6万名的签证限额。
The new rules will be published in the General Register later this week. Businesses will then be able to petition for additional visas.
这项新规定将于本周晚些时候在General Register上发布。然后企业就能够申请额外签证。
President Donald Trump's business has used the H-2B visa program to staff his private club Mar-a-Lago in Florida. Trump has also used the club to host visiting heads of state several times.
川普总统的企业已经利用H-2B签证计划为佛罗里达州的马拉歌私人俱乐部配备员工。川普还首次在该俱乐部接待了一些来访的国家元首。
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