As mass deportation efforts affected one labor force for farms, DOL boss promised to cut red tape so they could access ...
The H-2A program, which provides temporary visas for foreign nationals seeking seasonal agricultural jobs on U.S. farms, ...
Three Mexican citizens were indicted on 35 counts related to a scheme that allegedly trafficked Mexican farmworkers into the ...
Walking orchards in the Central Valley, is something Scott Peters’ family has done for four generations. With his great grandfather settling in the fertile valley in 1933, the family has been immersed ...
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With ICE making more arrests of farmworkers and other people in the country illegally, Chris Grobbelaar of Labor Inbound anticipates farmers who lost workers will have gaps to fill. Chris Grobbelaar, ...
Farmworkers harvest a field, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Homestead, Fla. The H-2A program has allowed foreign workers to fill agricultural jobs on a temporary basis for decades. But intense ...
A Yakima resident and three Tri-Cities-area residents are accused in a fraud, identity theft and forced labor case involving ...
The U.S. agricultural industry depends on undocumented immigrants, but President Trump’s immigration crackdown is further depleting an already tight workforce. The labor crisis may be setting the ...
(WNDU) - We are entering the season of harvest, and farm owners continue to struggle. As the price of crops — including corn and soybeans — plunged, they’re now facing another challenge: labor ...