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H-2A visas for white South African workers have surged 1,300% since 2011

Every year, hundreds of thousands of foreign workers come to the U.S. to fill temporary agricultural labor shortages through the H-2A program โ€” a system first introduced in 1986 to address shortages in farmwork.  From 2011 to 2024, the use of the program grew more than 400%, with nearly 90% of visas going to workers […]

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