Alaska pollock processors drop foreign worker program, citing uncertainty

The UniSea processing plant in Unalaska in Jan. 2019. (Berett Wilber/KUCB)
Some of Alaska’s largest pollock processors are abandoning a foreign worker visa program that once supplied up to half their workforce, citing rising costs and uncertainty under stricter immigration policies.
Tom Enlow is the president and CEO of UniSea Seafoods, Unalaska’s largest seafood processor. He said the company is moving away from the H-2B visas to save money on an inconsistent system.
“The H-2B