Editorial: Lack of guestworker bill leaves farmers hanging
Story Date: 8/14/2018

 

Source: CAPITAL PRESS, 8/9/18

Caught up in the swirl of confusion surrounding the immigration issue on Capitol Hill is a guestworker visa program that serves as a lifeline for many U.S. farmers. Called the H-2A visa, it allows farmers to bring in guestworkers from outside the U.S. to do the work that Americans will not do. To qualify to bring H-2A workers to their farm to harvest fruits or vegetables, prune trees or do other work…

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