GROWING PAINS - Part One: California on H-2A temporary agricultural visas

GROWING PAINS - Part One
Guest farm workers face exploitation, dangerous conditions.
By David Bacon
Capital and Main, 6/6/18
https://capitalandmain.com/guest-farm-workers-face-exploitation-0605
The American Prospect, 6/8/18
http://prospect.org/article/growing-pains-0
https://davidbaconrealitycheck.blogspot.com/2018/06/growing-pains-part-one.html

Many migrant workers in California on H-2A temporary agricultural visas are forced to contend with unsafe working conditions, wage theft and other labor law violations. The H-2A temporary agricultural program allows employers to bring workers from other countries, mainly Mexico, for temporary farm labor in the U.S. The workers are given visas that allow them to work in the U.S. but tie them to the employer that recruits them. Part 2 of this story documents Migrant workers housed like sardines, and the use of immigration enforcement to expand the H-2A visa program.

Capital & Main is an award-winning publication that reports from California on economic, political, and social issues. The American Prospect is co-publishing this piece.