CSE Call To Action

BACKGROUND: This is an important week for the prospects of the Certified Seasonal Employer Designation language. The House DHS Appropriations Subcommittee is expected to mark-up the FY27 DHS Appropriations baseline bill on Friday, June 5. It is next to impossible to strip the language later in the process when it is included in the baseline bill and not as an amendment. This language is supported by President Trump and the White House. In fact, President Trump requested the inclusion of this language in the January minibus. It was stripped out at the last minute due to demands from Senate Judiciary Democrats.

ABOUT CERTIFIED SEASONAL EMPLOYER DESIGNATION: The Certified Seasonal Employer Designation allows employers who have demonstrated a history of compliance in the program (received labor certification the last five years) to have the highest number of workers they were certified for in those five years permanently exempted from the cap. This language rewards long-time, compliant users of the H-2B program.

DIRECTIONS:

1. Enter your zip code or City, State here to determine who your Representatives are (House member and two Senators).
2. Search this spreadsheet using the function ctrl + f and type the name of your member of congress to determine which staffers to email. If multiple staffers are listed for your member, include each staffer on the email.
3. Use the templates below to email the staffer for your House member and two Senators.
4. Please CC zander@sealabor.com or gdelany@sealabor.com on your outreach.

HOUSE ASK: Ask that party leadership and DHS Appropriations Chair Mark Amodei and Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan include the CSE Designation language in the FY27 DHS Appropriations baseline bill.

Dear X,

My name is X and I am the X of X located in X. I am reaching out to ask for Congressman X to request that DHS Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Mark Amodei and Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan include the H-2B CSE language in the FY27 DHS Appropriations baseline bill. The subcommittee mark-up is this Friday. The average employer has received its H-2B workers 6 weeks late this year. This CSE language would go a long way to resolving the systemic issues with the H-2B program and would ensure that only the employers who deserve to participate in the program receive certainty.

TThank you for your consideration and support!X,