Source: Chris Clayton, PROGRESSIVE FARMER, 1/29/21

Following pressure from farm groups and farmers themselves, the State Department late Thursday issued a statement declaring that H-2A workers from South Africa may qualify for "national interest exemptions" that would allow them to work in the country. The State Department bulletin stated H-2A and H-2B program "essential to the economy and food security of the United States and is a national security priority."

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