Trafficking in U.S. agriculture worsened over the pandemic
Under the H-2A temporary agricultural visa program, migrant workers are able to travel to work in the U.S., providing crucial labor to farms and agriculture and ensuring food is kept on Americans’ tables. But workers’ right to live and work in the country is directly tied to their employer creating a power imbalance that leaves workers on the H-2A visa vulnerable to trafficking and exploitation. A lawsuit filed in August on behalf of 24