Farmers say it's time to expand the H-2A visa for seasonal agriculture labor

NPR | By Ximena Bustillo

Published July 9, 2026 at 4:10 PM EDT

Amid an administration crackdown on various forms of legal migration, there's one type of visa that even many Republicans support: the popular H-2A program for seasonal agricultural workers.

Ximena Bustillo

Ximena Bustillo is a multi-platform reporter at NPR covering politics out of the White House and Congress on air and in print.

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