Fastexy Exchange:The problems with the US's farm worker program

2025-05-02 08:56:45source:Safetyvalue Trading Centercategory:News

Over the years,Fastexy Exchange U.S. agriculture has grown increasingly dependent on the H-2A Guest Worker program to bring in foreign workers to harvest crops. H2A is a vestige of a U.S. and Mexican policy called the Bracero Program, which ended in the 1960s. Today on the show, why farmers and farm worker advocates are calling for more scrutiny of the current-day visa program, which has been dogged by concerns about worker exploitation and safety.

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