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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

Data analysis and visualization of Department of Labor FY2022 H-2A Certification Data 

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

State-by-state chart showing the 2020 and 2021 Adverse Effect Wages Rates (AEWR) for the H-2A guestworker program.

Letter from the Department of Labor responding to an FJ letter dated March 25, 2020 requesting Covid-19 protections for guestworkers … Read more DOL response to FJ’s letter requesting Covid-19 protections for guestworkers in the H-2A visa program (July 6, 2020)

Letter from FJ and other farmworker advocates urging the Departments of Labor, State and Homeland Security to enforce  legal protections … Read more Farmworker Advocates Seek Protections Against COVID-19 for Agricultural Guestworkers (March 25, 2020)