The H-2B Workforce Coalition, of which AmericanHort is on the Steering Committee, expressed deep disappointment as a bipartisan amendment to the FY 2025 Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill was removed without notice, and sent the attached letter voicing our frustration with the process. The House Rules Committee met this week to discuss which amendments could be offered when the bill is considered on the House Floor later this week. While no amendment was filed to strip the H-2B amendment from the bill, House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH-04), Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX-21), and the House Freedom Caucus led a successful effort to pull out our language – without a vote, amendment, or discussion before the bill went to the Rules Committee. Groups like NumbersUSA actively opposed the bill’s H-2B language. This is the second appropriations process in a row where far-right members of Congress and groups pulled out helpful and meaningful fixes to the H-2B program.