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Chicago Council, Aug. 24, 2017 - "The leisure and hospitality sector is a crucial part of the Midwest economy. Its vitality increasingly depends on immigrant workers and entrepreneurs, as US-born workers—with increasingly higher levels of education and shifting professional interests—seek work outside an industry that often requires long, demanding hours at relatively low hourly wages. Immigrants are a skilled, dependable, and growing part of the hospitality workforce, but limited visas—if any—for their legal hire mean that many do the work without authorization, creating challenges for employers and employees alike. As the country has grappled with immigration reform, the sector has struggled to fill jobs, particularly back-of-the-house positions in restaurant kitchens and hotel housekeeping departments.
In addition, limited visa options for immigrant entrepreneurs hamper their ability to build the independent hotels and restaurants that form the backbone of business districts in communities across the region. Lack of visas also reduces their opportunities to innovate and serve the creative cuisines that have contributed to US culinary culture.The industry’s workforce challenges are complex, and an updated immigration system offers an important step in filling labor gaps. The immigration system must be updated to provide visas that facilitate the hiring of immigrants, protect them from exploitation, and allow them to build their businesses.Past legislative attempts to reform the immigration system have languished in a divided Congress. And now, the Trump administration’s crackdown on unauthorized immigrants and support for legislative proposals to dramatically reduce legal immigration offer little hope for a sector that relies on foreign-born workers to stay fully staffed. It falls to Congress to create the supports and visas necessary for the sector to thrive. Midwest hospitality would benefit from a number of immigration policy changes:
Immigration reforms are needed for the growing leisure and hospitality industry in the Midwest to thrive and bolster the region’s economy."