Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Migrant workers head out to harvest romaine lettuce in Salinas, Calif. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) Every year, farmers in ...

I first met a migrant farmworker when I was 13, stocking produce in my parents’ rural grocery store. They would arrive by the busload after a long day in the fields, tracking in red dirt, their shirts ...

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In a tacit admission that U.S. food production requires foreign labor, the Trump administration is making it easier for farmers to employ guest workers from other countries. At the same time, U.S.

As Congress debates immigration reform, one possible sticking point is a new look for the guest worker program. Many farmers say the current, H-2A visa system involves so much red tape they have no ...

It’s been a difficult year for North Carolina’s immigrant community, especially migrant workers, with community members battling federal immigration crackdowns, rising heat and other challenges.

Every year, farmers in this fertile valley dubbed the “salad bowl of the world" rely on tens of thousands of workers to harvest leafy greens and juicy strawberries. But with local farmworkers aging — ...

The US Senate took a vote yesterday on immigration reform, the first time either house has done that since 1996. The so called Ag JOBS Bill to create a new guest worker problem got 53 votes in the ...