Some farmers don’t want seasonal workers, but it’s not what you might think

Apr 25, 2019

Some farmers don’t want seasonal workers, but it’s not what you might think

A farm worker harvests lettuce in a farm field near have the border town of Calexico, California. HECTOR MATA/AFP/Getty Images

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.

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H-2A visas: A primer

by Andy Uhler

Apr 25, 2019

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.

A farm worker harvests lettuce in a farm field near have the border town of Calexico, California.

HECTOR MATA/AFP/Getty Images

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