New regulatory changes to a federal guest-worker program have stirred concern among farmworker groups that wages and employment among U.S. laborers will plummet, even as California farming groups see ...

House legislation that would have addressed farm-labor shortages was dropped from an immigration package that went down to defeat Wednesday. But the bill is expected to be voted on later this summer, ...

A file photo of H-2A workers on a farm in Colorado that grows peaches, grapes, cherries and pears. Guest farm workers holding H-2A visas are more important than ever for agriculture, especially after ...

In a confirmation hearing held earlier this year, U.S. Senator Mike Lee, a Republican from Utah, called the Optional Practical Training program, which allows international students on F-1 visas to ...

Cattle operations, one shown here in Kansas in March 2022, are not able to use the federal government's migrant worker visa program, but workers rights advocates worry expanding the program without ...

Dear Mexican: In President Bush’s State of the Union address, he reiterated a need for a guest worker program. What is your opinion of such a program? UNA GUERITA POR UN MUNDO SIN MUROS I was with ...

The Trump administration’s sudden interest in reforms to a guest worker program for farmers is a case of the chickens coming home to roost. We've written before about the need to overhaul a visa ...

As Congress debates immigration reform, one possible sticking point is a new look for the guest worker program. Many farmers say the current, H-2A visa system involves so much red tape they have no ...

The Trump administration's sudden interest in reforms to a guest worker program for farmers is a case of the chickens coming home to roost. U.S. farmers have long complained about a shortage of farm ...

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