ANLA Urges DOL Not to Rewrite H-2A Rules

The American Nursery & Landscape Association opposes the Department of Labor rewriting the H-2A program, which could affect some nursery workers.

The American Nursery & Landscape Association (ANLA) has submitted official comments on the Department of Labor?EUR??,,????'?????<

ANLA opposes the proposal as making the already-cumbersome and unpopular H-2A program more burdensome, bureaucratic and unresponsive. H-2A provides only three percent of the hired farm labor force in the U.S.

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The DOL?EUR??,,????'?????< has much stricter enforcement, debarment and penalties. ANLA believes only balanced legislative reforms to H-2A, such as those featured in the AgJOBS legislation, will provide a stable and predictable program. ANLA is urging DOL not to rewrite H-2A rules. ANLA?EUR??,,????'?????<www.ANLA.org.