Last week, we wrote to the U.S. Department of State, Labor, and Homeland Security to express our concern regarding the implications of recent temporary rule changes to the H-2A and H-2B (“H-2”) visa programs. Although these rules intend to protect the U.S. food supply chain, we believe that – without clarification and modifications – they threaten to increase the exploitation and vulnerability to trafficking for the temporary guestworkers critical to the continued operation of this country’s food supply chain.
Read the full letter here or download below.