Some Ala. Farmers Plant Fewer Crops, Say Immigration Crackdown Drove Away Workers To Pick Them

[amandabeech]

15. There is still the H-2A seasonal agricultural worker visa.

It takes more effort to bring workers in under this program, and it requires decent treatment generally, but it can be done, and I expect once farmers get themselves set up for it, they can still turn a profit.

In my home area, farmers went to this program at some point in the '70s when the supply of Mexican nationals was cut off and fewer Mexican Americans needed the seasonal work.

Once undocumented workers again became commonplace for reasons that I don't understand, farmers ditched the H-2A program because it isn't as easy and can cut profit, but the program still exists.

I wonder if the Alabama farmers even know that it still exists.