A bi-partisan group of 102 members of Congress wrote U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez on Friday demanding that Citizenship and Immigration Services fix the administrative backlog of the H-2A agricultural worker program. The lawmakers complained to Perez and ICE director Leon Rodriguez about the increasing issues and delays trying to process applications and visa petitions for H-2A workers. The backlog is creating a labor shortage for farmers who rely heavily on immigrant labor. Read more at DTN/Progressive Farmer…
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