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The Unnecessary Constraints of the H-2A Filing Process: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Once a niche topic known only in agricultural circles, the H-2A foreign guestworker program has recently entered mainstream discourse. Exacerbated by labor shortages due to COVID-19 and other economic factors, demand for H-2A visas has surged, quadrupling in the last decade. H-2A workers currently comprise an estimated 10-15% of America's agricultural workforce, with well over a quarter of a million visas issued annually.