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Does A Foreign Worker Program Verge On 'Indentured Servitude'? A Debate Simmers In Washington State
Category: Government & Organizations
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Publish Date: 2018-02-28 15:30:18
Description: More than 18,000 foreign workers, most of them from Mexico, traveled legally to Washington last year to labor on the state's farms, largely in the apple, pear, and cherry industries. Recent high-profile lawsuits have thrust the state into a debate about the benefits and shortcomings of the H-2A visa program, which allows farmers to import temporary workers from other countries to make up for labor shortages at home.
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