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"So, this means that guests at hotels will actually be able to converse with the staff, since they will be US citizens, and this is a bad thing?" Heaven forbid American tourists come in contact with someone from another country, such as Jamaica, Argentina, or Ireland (where they also speak English, can you believe it?), or they might actually widen their worldview beyond a 5-mile radius from their local shopping mall or the McDonalds where they eat all their meals. The majority of the world bends over backwards to learn English, and I'm sure it's in the hopes of "conversing" with some arrogant, narrow-minded American (such as yourself) checking into a hotel this summer. Is "carry my bags upstairs" or "bring me another cup of coffee" really considered a conversation anyway?

So, this means that guests at hotels will actually be able to converse with the staff, since they will be US citizens, and this is a bad thing?

As a small business owner I have no problem getting help but I pay a good wage with all of the benifits, and H-2B only hurts my business because I have to compete with construction companys paying a low wage to the forgein worker so the bill need to die were it is at!

I am a small business owner (was for 21 yrs) and decided to get out of business because the government controls and read tape was more than I could tolerate, it made why I went into business for myself so unenjoyable that it no longer what I wished to do. Now, 17 people are not working, the community is not collecting taxes, and I am not longer following my dream, all because of government red tape, and their unwillingness to work honestly with small business like mine. Go figure!!

I recently interviewed Carrie Hines, Executive Director of the American Small Manufacturers Coalition for my blog (http://www.allbusiness.com/company-activities-management/management/7124448-1.html), and she commented on this problem. According to her, many small businesses are eligible for an R&D; tax credit, but don't have their software set up to capture the information the government requires. The Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), which has centers in all fifty states, sometimes can help with this problem, although MEPs concentrate primarily on technical assistance to improve productivity.