NYTIMES (Lydia DePillis) - American Farms Rely More Than Ever on the Troubled H-2A Visa Program
The Trump administration is allowing in more agricultural guest workers under the H-2A program, but preventing abuses is proving difficult.
THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Trump Admin Imports Migrants to Take Agricultural Jobs.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: The Trump administration has turned to migrant workers on temporary visas to address a farm labor shortage.WHO WAS INVOLVED: Trump administration officials, farmers, migrant workers, and agricultural labor unions.WHEN & WHERE: United States, changes announced in recent months.KEY QUOTE: “The farm economy is in a difficult situation, and President Trump is utilizing […] The post Trump Admin Imports Migrants to Take Agricultural Jobs. appeared first on The National Pulse .
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Trump administration has turned to migrant workers on temporary visas to address a farm labor shortage. WHO WAS INVOLVED: Trump administration officials, farmers, migrant workers, and agricultural labor unions. WHEN & WHERE: United States, changes announced in recent months. KEY QUOTE: “The farm economy is in a difficult situation, and President Trump is utilizing all the tools available to ensure farmers have what they need to be successful.” – U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins IMPACT: The changes have sparked debate over foreign labor, with potential wage reductions for both migrant and domestic farmworkers. IN FULL Facing a labor shortage in the agricultural sector, the Trump…Open
NYTIMES (Linda Qiu) - Trump Administration Turns to Migrant Workers to Help Farm Labor Shortage
As the president’s immigration policies squeeze an already tight supply of farm labor, the Trump administration is making it cheaper to hire foreign farmworkers.