h-2a visas
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Justice Dept. accuses Colorado firm of discriminating against U.S. workers
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The Justice Department is suing Loveland-based Crop Production Services on a claim that it discriminated against American job applicants by hiring Mexicans instead. The lawsuit names three Americans who say they were passed over for the seasonal jobs operating farm equipment in favor of foreigners with H-2A visas, also known as guest workers. The Justice…
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Colorado crop OK for now, but need for immigration reform ever more pressing
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Despite concerns earlier this year that the new Trump administration’s hardline immigration policies would lead to labor shortages across Colorado’s agricultural sector, growers and their advocates are breathing a sigh of relief as the harvest approaches, confident they’ll have the hands to pick and package what could be a bumper crop. But even though one…