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Bill seeks to extend H-2A program to all agriculture operations

The H-2A-visa foreign guestworker program would apply to all of agriculture under an amendment in a security appropriations bill that has passed the House Appropriations Committee. Modern agriculture techniques have become less seasonal and many farms are less seasonal with multiple harvests, which call for a year-round workers. The amendment does not change time limits on H-2A work. Workers may work no more than 10 months per year and then return home for two months. Read more…

July 20, 2017 / General

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