Resources

Factsheet explaining the H-2A  temporary foreign agricultural worker program, a flawed scheme that permits agricultural employers who anticipate a labor shortage … Read more Factsheet on the H-2A Temporary Foreign Agricultural Worker Program (Feb. 2020)

Comments submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor by Farmworker Justice and 41 other organizations on the H-2A temporary visa program.

Template comments that can be used for the 2019 NPRM on the H-2A program

This shorter H-2A comment template is for use by immigration organizations.

Template comments on the 2019 H-2A Proposed Rule.

Farmworker Justice summary of the July 2019 proposed rulemaking on the H-2A temporary visa program. Comments are due September 24, … Read more FJ Fact Sheet on the 2019 H-2A Rulemaking

Fact sheet detailing some of the main changes proposed to the H-2A temporary agricultural worker visa program by the DOL in 2019. 

This report is based on interviews with current and former H-2A workers and documents the human toll of a system … Read more No Way to Treat a Guest: Why the H-2A Agricultural Visa Program Fails U.S. and Foreign Workers

Report written by the The Southern Poverty Law Center's Immigrant Justice Project which tells the stories of migrant pine tree … Read more Beneath the Pines

American University's Washington College of Law and the Centro de los Derechos del Migrante (Center for Migrant Rights) report on … Read more Picked Apart: The Hidden Struggles of Migrant Worker Women in the Maryland Crab Industry