H-2A

English Noun en US A visa granted to foreign workers that allows them to be hired by American companies for agricultural occupations. en Vanessa Yurkevich America needs immigrants to solve its labor shortage w:CNN https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/22/economy/immigration-jobs 2022-12-22 Skilled foreign farm workers are the backbone of US agriculture and are traditionally in the US on H-2A seasonal visas, which saw its highest ever utilization rate this year, according to the Farm Bureau. https://web.archive.org/web/20260831090426/https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/22/economy/immigration-jobs/ 31 August 2026 en Harris, Trump, and H-2As Rural Migration News https://migration.ucdavis.edu/rmn/blog/post/?id=2974 https://migrationfiles.ucdavis.edu/uploads/rmn/blog/2024/10/Rural%20Migration%20News%20Blog%20355.pdf 2024-10-08 Kline interviewed with 285 Mexican H-2A workers in Ohio and learned that the first challenge for many was learning to cook and clean for themselves. The H-2As were men from rural Mexico who were accustomed to mothers and wives performing household chores. Mexican H-2A workers appreciated getting to know Mexican co-workers from other regions, and most reported that their co-workers helped them to adapt to life in the US. https://web.archive.org/web/20251007010336/https://migration.ucdavis.edu/rmn/blog/post/?id=2974 7 October 2025 Further reading H-2A visa en Human migration