The real issue is being missed here. Why did or why does a lucrative industry like the Hawaii long-line fleet need a waiver/loophole to hire otherwise illegal foreign nationals at sub-minimum wage?
These people wouldn't be allowed to wash dishes at Nico's or Jim Cook's new million dollar restaurant Harbor.
Do any of the apologists want to point out other commercial fleets that operate this way? 
It is nothing but another corporate giveaway.