Due to a decision by the US federal administration, immigrants who are considered to be working are not allowed to be admitted Farm workers within the legal framework of the H-2A visas they had one Reducing your salary. The government led by President Donald Trump has made the decision to do so reduce the minimum wage that is paid for the task that has affected each state in different ways. In the case of Georgiafell by more than 30%.
The situation was presented in an article by AJCwhich revealed that agricultural workers with this legal figure They went from a minimum wage of $16.08 an hour to $10.52 that they currently have.
That led to a lawsuit. which is currently in court and was submitted by a group of workers. In the statement of claim, they point out that the change will worsen the living conditions of workers.
According to the compilation, the Development of the minimum wage for H-2A workers in Georgia It was like this:
The effects have been clear since then Georgia is the second largest state that accepts the largest number of workers on an H-2A visaonly behind Florida.
The figures show that in the first three quarters of the 2025 financial year 35,224 employees to perform these types of tasks. During the same period, the Sunshine State received 36,232.
With this in mind, we have in six of the last eight years Georgia has always been one of the two states that employ the most people on H-2A visas.
The government of Trump officially imposed the measure on October 2nd in a Federal Register publication. More precisely The formula used to calculate salaries has been changedwhich affected the crowd.
Since this date the Wage rates with adverse effects (AEWRfor its acronym in English) are measured by Employment statistics and professional wages. Previously, they were defined by the Agricultural Labor Survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Furthermore, they implemented other measures:
According to the official website of the Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)for its acronym in English). American employers are hiring foreign workers carry out agricultural work temporary.
In order for this remedy to be possible, it must be proven that this is the case There are not enough American workers to fill these open positions.. Additionally, hiring employees on H-2A visas must not impact the income and conditions of Americans in the industry.
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