Exchange workers returning to Jersey Shore at pre-pandemic levels

The World

Businesses along the Jersey Shore have long depended on overseas students to serve the surge of customers during the busy summer tourist season. Then came the COVID-19 pandemic, when the government suspended visa approvals. WHYY News’s Kenneth Burns reports that the number of seasonal workers is finally returning to pre pandemic levels.

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