H-2A Agricultural Guestworker Program: Changes Could Improve Services To Employers And Better Protect Workers
Author: Health, Education and Human Services Division
Date Published: 1997
In relation to the H-2A program, this review addresses a number of issues, including (1) the likelihood of a widespread agricultural labor shortage and its impact on the need for nonimmigrant guestworkers and (2) the H-2A program’s ability to meet the needs of agricultural employers while protecting domestic and foreign agricultural workers, both at present and if a significant number of nonimmigrant guestworkers is needed in the future.
Date Published: 1997
In relation to the H-2A program, this review addresses a number of issues, including (1) the likelihood of a widespread agricultural labor shortage and its impact on the need for nonimmigrant guestworkers and (2) the H-2A program’s ability to meet the needs of agricultural employers while protecting domestic and foreign agricultural workers, both at present and if a significant number of nonimmigrant guestworkers is needed in the future.
