More than 66,000 foreign workers come to the country each year with H2B visas to work temporarily in gardening, construction, and other industries. After years of receiving complaints from workers’ rights groups, reporting the program lends itself to wage, physical, and labor abuse, the federal Department of Labor announced new rules in April, but many employers rejected them. José López Zamorano reports from Washington, D.C. that lawmakers and union leaders are now working on additional reforms to give protection and dignity to the migrants.
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