The U.S. government has raised the cap on H-2B visas, which may free up more foreign guest workers for tree fruit packing houses. In late December, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced it will increase the number of H-2B visas by 20,000 by March 31, according to a news release from the department. Of those supplemental visas, 13,500 will be set aside for returning H-2B workers, the release said. The other 6,500 are reserved for workers from Haiti, Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador. H-2B visas are designed for nonagricultural jobs, but fruit companies have used them to staff packing […]