Three Mexican citizens were indicted on 35 counts related to a scheme that allegedly trafficked Mexican farmworkers into the ...

Three Mexican citizens have been indicted for “trafficking Mexican farmworkers into forced labor and harboring them in the United States after their visas expired” for financial gain, the Justice ...

A Yakima resident and three Tri-Cities-area residents are accused in a fraud, identity theft and forced labor case involving ...

Federal prosecutors announced charges against six individuals on Monday after they allegedly transported hundreds of farmworkers to Washington state under fraudulent H-2A visas.

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Cattle industry representatives say they need more workers. They hope expanding a foreign labor program will help. Finding ...

Farmworkers harvest a field, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Homestead, Fla. The H-2A program has allowed foreign workers to fill agricultural jobs on a temporary basis for decades. But intense ...

(WNDU) - We are entering the season of harvest, and farm owners continue to struggle. As the price of crops — including corn and soybeans — plunged, they’re now facing another challenge: labor ...

Lilford could not afford a last-minute flight halfway across the world. There’s a market for lending to H-2A workers crunched for time, he said — one dominated by “people doing scams to get your ...

The U.S. agricultural industry depends on undocumented immigrants, but President Trump’s immigration crackdown is further depleting an already tight workforce. The labor crisis may be setting the ...

What is being described as “reform” in Washington will only make the abuse and wage theft that plague the program even worse.