The Expanding Role of H|2A Workers in U.S. Agriculture

The H-2A Temporary Agricultural Worker Program in 2020

This report analyzes—by State, industry, and type of employer— the job offers of U.S. agricultural employers who sought U.S. Department of Labor certification ...

New Rule Covers, Protects Workers in Temporary Agricultural ...

Under the H-2A program, foreign workers may be authorized to perform temporary or seasonal agricultural work for U.S. employers. To secure U.S. ...

The Farm Workforce Modernization Act and the H-2A Visa Program

The intent of the H-2A program is to fill labor shortages in US agriculture while making sure that U.S.-based farmworkers are not negatively ...

Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural ...

Consistent with current practice in the H-2B program, § 655.137(d) provides for the Department's public disclosure of the names of the agents ...

DOL Finalizes Farmworker Protection Rule: 8 Key Takeaways for H ...

The U.S. Department of Labor just released a final rule that will expand ... working conditions experienced by H-2A temporary agricultural workers ...

H-2A Visas for Agriculture: The Complex Process for Farmers to Hire ...

Congress created the H‑2A program in 1986 to allow legal foreign workers to temporarily work for U.S. farmers who were unable to hire ...

House Committee on Agriculture Interim Report November 7, 2023

Source: U.S. Department of Labor H-2A Temporary Agricultural ... workers for the H–2A job opportunity, and to offer U.S. workers terms and working ...

US Department of Labor Hails Expanded Protections for H-2A ...

The final rule aims to reduce abuses faced by temporary agricultural laborers with H-2A visas, including human trafficking and wage theft.

Temporary Agricultural Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in the ...

The Department of Labor (Department or DOL) is amending its regulations governing the certification of agricultural labor or services to be ...

What Firms Hire H-2A Workers? Evidence from the US Ornamental ...

Increasing farm sales value by $1 million merely increases the probability of hiring by a 0.1% point, revealing that large growers are the major ...

A Look at H-2A Growth and Reform in 2021 and 2022 | Wilson Center

In, FY21, the Department of Labor (DOL) certified over 317,000 seasonal farm jobs to be filled by H-2A workers, up 15 percent from 275,000 in ...

Primer: Evolution of the H-2A Visa Program | Bipartisan Policy Center

It allows employers to hire temporary or seasonal agricultural workers if there are not enough U.S. workers capable of or willing to perform the ...

Title I. Securing the Domestic Agricultural Workforce. Title II ...

Due to the diminishing supply of U.S. workers willing to perform migrant farm labor, our nation's farmers are increasingly dependent on foreign workers to meet ...

7.6 H-2A Temporary Agricultural Worker Program - USCIS

The H-2A program allows US employers to bring foreign workers to the United States to fill temporary or seasonal agricultural jobs (usually lasting no longer ...

The Role of the H-2A Program in California Agriculture

The employment of the H-2A worker will not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of U.S. workers who are similarly employed. After these threshold ...

Immigration and Farm Labor: From Unauthorized to H-2A for Some?

Although immigrant workers have long been employed on US farms, shifting migration patterns and employer labor strategies are reshaping the agricultural ...

Washington state farm workers worry about boom in legal foreign ...

Farm workers have told her that some farms replaced their entire workforce with guest workers, and advocates say that the H-2A program is making ...

Create Your H-2A Visa Checklist - Farmers.gov

The H-2A temporary agricultural workers program - often called the H-2A Visa Program - helps American farmers fill employment gaps by hiring workers from other ...

H-2A Employers and Agents - Department of Labor - NY.gov

... U.S. to perform agricultural labor or services of a temporary or seasonal nature ... workers for the H-2A job order. Several H-2A employers have contacted ...

Immigration and Farm Labor: From Unauthorized to H-2A for Some?

Immigrant workers have long played an important role in U.S. agriculture. Of the hired laborers who do most of the work on U.S. farms, three-fourths were ...