Guest farm workers holding H-2A visas are more important than ever for agriculture, especially after President Trump’s ...

New regulatory changes to a federal guest-worker program have stirred concern among farmworker groups that wages and employment among U.S. laborers will plummet, even as California farming groups see ...

Dear Mexican: In President Bush’s State of the Union address, he reiterated a need for a guest worker program. What is your opinion of such a program? UNA GUERITA POR UN MUNDO SIN MUROS I was with ...

Rep. Andy Harris is wielding his clout to expand the number of seasonal workers allowed into the U.S. as he also backs the ...

Farmers near the Mexican border say there won-t be enough workers to pick winter vegetables this year. In the Central Valley, the grape harvest extended into October because of a shortage of farm ...

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Marco is an H-2A visa immigrant farm laborer employed by Fresh Harvest on April 28, 2020 in Salinas, California. Fresh Harvest is the one of the largest employers of people using the H-2A temporary ...

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European governments that have pledged to clamp down on immigration are still expanding schemes for workers to come on short-term visas. Their goal is to maximize predatory exploitation of migrant ...