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Now the government wall require formers to fire their H-2A crews and replace them with American crews when they become available. Farmers will not be allowed to split up groups of American workers and share them with several employers. The change went into effect for all H-2A applications filed beginning June 1.
This makes an already complicated and over-regulated program practically unworkable, she said.
“Unfortunately, the fact is that U.S. workers don’t want to work in agriculture,” Ms. Futch explained.
“It’s hard, hot work and Usually alien workers are the only ones willing to do it. So farmers have to rely heavily on foreign workers to harvest their crops.”
Several other new challenges face employers of alien farmworkers. In the past, H-2A workers could receive a daily refund from growers of up to $6.81 for living expenses while en route to the job site. Now the labor department has raised that
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