Wisconsin Dells attractions report no major disruption to foreign workers this summer
JOHN GITTINGS
Updated
1 of 2
Dagea Reid, a J-1 visa employee from Jamaica who works at Land of Natura, pours sodas on Monday afternoon. Land of Natura and other Dells area attractions have not experienced issues in hiring foreign student employees despite immigration policy changes at the federal level.
JOHN GITTINGS, NEWS REPUBLIC
Filipino visa employee Donah Tablon works the ticket booth at Land of Natura on Monday. J-1 hiring was not affected by the federal pause on student visas from late May to mid-June, according to Stacie Tollaksen, an Intrax representative who lives in Wisconsin Dells and manages the foreign exchange program that staffs attractions.
Despite a crackdown on illegal immigration, a new travel ban and restrictions on certain types of visas, tourist destinations in the Wisconsin Dells have had little trouble hiring foreign workers for the summer, according to tourism officials and the area’s visa coordinator.
Dagea Reid, a J-1 visa employee from Jamaica who works at Land of Natura, pours sodas on Monday afternoon. Land of Natura and other Dells area attractions have not experienced issues in hiring foreign student employees despite immigration policy changes at the federal level.
Filipino visa employee Donah Tablon works the ticket booth at Land of Natura on Monday. J-1 hiring was not affected by the federal pause on student visas from late May to mid-June, according to Stacie Tollaksen, an Intrax representative who lives in Wisconsin Dells and manages the foreign exchange program that staffs attractions.
