H-2A

English

Noun

H-2A (plural H-2As)

  1. (US) A visa granted to foreign workers that allows them to be hired by American companies for agricultural occupations.
    • 2022 December 22, Vanessa Yurkevich, “America needs immigrants to solve its labor shortage”, in CNN‎[1]:
      Skilled foreign farm workers are the backbone of US agriculture and are traditionally in the US on H-2A seasonal visas, which saw its highest ever utilization rate this year, according to the Farm Bureau.
    • 2024 October 8, “Harris, Trump, and H-2As”, in Rural Migration News‎[2]‎[3]:
      Kline interviewed with 285 Mexican H-2A workers in Ohio and learned that the first challenge for many was learning to cook and clean for themselves. The H-2As were men from rural Mexico who were accustomed to mothers and wives performing household chores. Mexican H-2A workers appreciated getting to know Mexican co-workers from other regions, and most reported that their co-workers helped them to adapt to life in the US.

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