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  2. The elaborate visa system that enables foreigners to work in ...

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    In fact, the DHS removed Mongolia from the list of H-2A eligible countries in 2022 after it estimated that 40.3% of Mongolian H-2A workers overstayed in 2019. Other visas

  3. H-2A visa - Wikipedia

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    The wage or rate of pay must be the same for U.S. workers and H-2A workers. The hourly rate must be at least as high as the applicable Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR), [3] federal or state minimum wage, or the applicable prevailing hourly wage rate, whichever is higher. The AEWR is established every year by the Department of Labor for every ...

  4. Adverse Effect Wage Rate - Wikipedia

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    The Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) is the minimum wage that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has determined "must be offered and paid to U.S. and alien workers by agricultural employers of nonimmigrant H-2A visa agricultural workers" (Federal Register, February 10, 1999, p. 6690).

  5. The fight over H-1B workers highlights a core problem with ...

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    The most immediate salve is relying on more foreign-born workers, whether that's immigrants or temporary visa workers like the H-1B holders as well as the H-2A and H-2B workers for seasonal ...

  6. Federal judge blocks Biden labor protections for foreign ...

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    Temporary agricultural workers with H-2A work visas wait in line to cross the San Ysidro Port of Entry on their way to seasonal jobs in the United States on March 22, 2022 in Tijuana, Mexico.

  7. Farm Labor Organizing Committee - Wikipedia

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    The union targeted the pickle processor because it correctly believed that growers would not agree to raise wages unless Mount Olive agreed to pay more for cucumbers. The organizing campaign was a difficult one. Four FLOC organizers were arrested on August 12, 1998 after visiting workers at a tobacco farm in Nash County, North Carolina. A local ...

  8. Temporary farmworkers get more protections against ... - AOL

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    The new rule, which takes effect June 28, will target abuses experienced by workers under the H-2A program that undermine fair labor standards for all farmworkers.

  9. Guest worker program - Wikipedia

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    The Bracero Program was a temporary-worker importation agreement between the United States and Mexico from 1942 to 1964. Initially created in 1942 as an emergency procedure to alleviate wartime labor shortages, the program actually lasted until 1964, bringing approximately 4.5 million legal Mexican workers into the United States during its lifespan.