Some farmers don’t want seasonal workers, but it’s not what you might think
Facebook releases positive financial 1Q data, meanwhile, Tesla reports it lost $700 million. Plus, some U.S. farmers and the immigrant workers they employ want to replace the current H-2A work visa.
A farm worker harvests lettuce in a farm field near have the border town of Calexico, California.
The U.S. government issued a record 240,000 H-2A work visas last fiscal year. Farmers employ temporary workers from Mexico, Central American nations and other countries to plant, maintain and harvest their crops.