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On September 12, 2023, the Department of Labor published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to improve protections for H-2A workers. … Read more DOL H-2A Regs Fact Sheet

On March 24, 2023, Rep. Allen (R-GA), re-introduced the “Better Agricultural Resources Now Act” (BARN), which would amend the H-2A … Read more Fact sheet on the Better Agricultural Resources Now (BARN) Act

On October 12, 2022, the US Department of Labor (DOL) published a final rule amending the regulations of the H-2A … Read more FACT SHEETS: New H-2A Rule Makes Progress on Worker Protections, But Further Reforms Needed

Fact sheet describing frequent violations of workers’ rights and the need for reform in the H-2A visa program.

Farmworker Justice strongly opposes the misleadingly-named “Keep Food Local and AffordableAct of 2021” (S.3134 and H.R.5887), which was introduced in … Read more Fact Sheet: Proposed H-2A Wage Legislation Would Unfairly Cut Farmworker Pay

On March 19, 2021, Rep. Crawford (R-AR) introduced the “Agricultural Guest Worker Reform Initiative,” or “AGRI Act of 2021,” H.R. … Read more Fact Sheet: The “AGRI Act” Would Worsen the H-2A Program’s Exploitative Conditions

In March 2020, Rep. Yoho (R-FL) introduced the “Labor Certainty for Food Security Act of 2020,” H.R. 6083. It would … Read more Fact Sheet: Rep. Yoho’s Guestworker Bill Would Significantly Reduce H-2A Program Protections and Create an Additional Exploitative Program

This report analyzes the massive wage cuts that would result from proposals being considered in Congress and the Trump administration … Read more Congress and the Administration Must Not Cut Farmworkers’ Wages in the H-2A Guestworker Program (May 2020)

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)