The Biden administration has announced plans to issue 64,716 supplemental H-2B visas for the remainder of fiscal year 2025, bringing the total number of these temporary, non-agricultural work visas to over 130,700
Julia Simpson, President and CEO of WTTC, stated: "Latin America's commitment to travel and tourism is not only reflected in positive data but also in the efforts of the public and private sectors to drive sector growth."
Mr Biden said he was giving her a "tough job" but that she was "the most qualified person to do it".
An estimated 2,000 migrants formed a caravan in this northern Honduran city late Monday and early Tuesday and set off toward the U.S.-Mexico border, where thousands of migrants from last year’s caravans continue to wait to apply for asylum in the United States.
Mexico has sent hundreds of police to its southern border as a caravan of thousands of Central American migrants approaches from Guatemala. The caravan set off from northern Honduras last week.
