The federal H-2A and H-2B programs require employers to adhere to certain guidelines in order to be eligible. These guidelines are put in place to ensure fair treatment for both U.S and foreign workers. While the vast majority of H-2A and H-2B employers follow the...
USCIS Reaches H-2B Cap for First Half of FY 2024 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has received enough petitions to reach the congressionally mandated cap on H-2B visas for temporary nonagricultural workers for the first half of fiscal year (FY) 2024. Oct. 11,...
Do you listen to Agriculture of America podcast? Our Vice President, Arnulfo Hinojosa joined the show recently to talk about the H-2A program! The segment starts around the 12-13 minute mark. Agriculture of America is a nationally syndicated agriculture talk show...
Update: Congress averted a shutdown with just hours to spare The Senate voted 88-9 to pass a clean continuing resolution (CR) that funds the government at current levels through Nov. 17 and gives the Biden administration $16 billion it requested to assist victims of...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced September 20, 2023 a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that will modernize and improve the H-2A temporary agricultural and H-2B temporary non-agricultural worker programs. Through this proposed rule, DHS seeks to...
As tasks became more automated, the agriculture industry saw a decades long decline in labor from 1950-1990. During that time period, the number of self-employed and family farmworkers declined from 7.60 million in 1950 to 2.01 million in 1990, a 74-percent reduction....
If every unemployed person in the country found a job, 4 million jobs would remain open according to an August 2023 publication by the U.S Chamber of Commerce. Rates of unemployment have been slowly declining, down from 5.3 million in April 2022, but the broader job...
WATCH FEWA’s lobbying partner, Laurie Flanagan and FEWA’s Vice President, Arnulfo Hinojosa during their July 27th live discussion regarding the H-2B 2024 season.
National Association of Landscape Professionals Designates FEWA as Strategic Provider for H-2B Services (Fairfax, VA., June 27, 2023) —The National Association of Landscape Professionals has formed a strategic provider relationship with the Federation of Employers and...
On Wednesday, June 14th, FEWA Vice President Arnulfo Hinojosa and several FEWA members will meet with their lawmakers in Washington, DC to urge Congress to pass a returning worker exemption as part of the Fiscal 2024 spending bill that funds the Department of Homeland...