New regulatory changes to a federal guest-worker program have stirred concern among farmworker groups that wages and employment among U.S. laborers will plummet, even as California farming groups see ...

As Congress debates immigration reform, one possible sticking point is a new look for the guest worker program. Many farmers say the current, H-2A visa system involves so much red tape they have no ...

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John Katko learns about the essential role over one million guest workers play in the U.S. economy. John Katko learns about the guest worker program, and the essential role over one million foreign ...

Dear Mexican: In President Bush’s State of the Union address, he reiterated a need for a guest worker program. What is your opinion of such a program? UNA GUERITA POR UN MUNDO SIN MUROS I was with ...

While Republicans shape the future of worker programs in Washington, D.C., critics of the H-2A program — including migrant rights’ groups — are sounding the alarm, charging that the guest worker ...

PHOENIX — Efforts to enact the first-ever state-run guest-worker program hit a snag Monday over the question of which industries should benefit. Rep. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, said he is willing to let ...

Chiara and Travis Bolton needed to grow their Minnesota bee farm. They just couldn’t find U.S. workers. Instead, they sought and won a $200,000 federal grant last year that helped them build worker ...