The Charlotte Observer October 12, 2023: Migrant Farmworkers help NC farms survive…
Migrant farmworkers help NC farms survive. But some end up abused, lawsuits say. By Gavin Off and Aaron Sánchez-Guerra, Charlotte Observer, October 12, 2023
“A visa program designed to protect and provide for temporary farm workers has been used to abuse them in North Carolina, according to nine federal lawsuits filed since 2017. Every year, thousands of migrant workers, drawn to the U.S. by the promise of good money, leave small towns across Mexico for the farm fields of North Carolina. Issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, the visas they hold, called H-2A visas, require paid transportation, $14.91 an hour currently, and clean housing while workers remain in the country up to 10 months at a time.”