The Trump administration will expand access to temporary H-2A agricultural visas to dairy producers, granting a long-time agricultural industry demand.
The visa program allows farmers to hire foreign workers for temporary or seasonal jobs in the US. Workers hired through the program have accounted for a growing share of the farm labor workforce, but dairy employers haven’t qualified for H-2A visas because it’s only allowed for seasonal hiring.
A Wednesday policy memorandum expanding H-2A access is the latest policy win for the agricultural industry under the Trump administration, which delivered on another industry priority last year by cutting mandated wages ...