Experts say there aren’t enough state and federal inspectors to adequately vet whether labor contractors who oversee farmworkers are following the rules. Nor is there broad political support to invest ...

It was a rare move by the Trump administration to expand a foreign worker program, amid a sweeping effort to drastically cut ...

Gov. Greg Abbott said the state would investigate public agencies and universities that employ those with H-1B visas, a ...

The Japanese government said Friday that it will accept up 1,231,900 foreign workers for five years through the end of fiscal ...

The H-2A foreign worker program saw another year of growth in 2025, with the number of certified positions increasing by 13,300 workers to 398,258, a nearly 3.5% rise from the year before, the ...

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Some of Alaska's largest pollock processors are abandoning a foreign worker visa program that once supplied up to half their workforce, citing rising costs and uncertainty under stricter immigration ...

HIDALGO — During a visit to the border Friday, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn said changes in immigration laws should wait until the border is completely secure, a contrast from Republican lawmakers who are ...

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday it was replacing its longstanding lottery system for H-1B work visas with a new approach that prioritizes skilled, higher-paid foreign ...

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Bekki Holzkamm has been trying to hire a lab technician at a hospital in rural North Dakota since late summer. Not one U.S. citizen has applied. West River Health Services in Hettinger, a town of ...