A coalition of Colorado businesses wants the Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act extended for three years to allow time for Congress to work on comprehensive immigration reform.

Colorado is one of the nation’s largest employers of H-2B seasonal workers, who often return year after year from places such as Jamaica, Mexico and Austria to work in housekeeping and landscaping and at ski areas.

“The jobs that are filled with foreign labor are jobs that U.S. citizens will not take, regardless of compensation,” according to a statement from the Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado, part of the H-2B Workforce Coalition. Other members include the National Ski Areas Association, Colorado Hotel and Lodging Association, and Rocky Mountain Golf Course Superintendent Association.