May 5, 2024

Feds: Washington Farm Used H-2A Visa Program to Import Cheaper Foreign Workers

Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images Executives at a farm in Sunnyside, Washington, allegedly used the H-2A visa program to import cheaper foreign workers and then subsequently paid them below-market wages, federal officials say. Months ago, the Washington Attorney General’s Office reached a $3.4 million settlement with Ostrom Mushroom Farms for allegedly firing its mostly female farmworkers and replacing

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