New "Asylum Surcharge" on Guest Worker Visas Unfairly Punishes Smaller Farms

Save Family Farming Show

The already-costly federal H-2A guest worker program is getting even more expensive for farmers, thanks to huge new fees the feds are charging for each worker visa to help pay for the crisis at the US southern border. Enrique Gastelum, former farm worker and current CEO of farm labor non-profit wafla, joins Dillon to explain what the federal government is doing, and how it ultimately adds to the enormous pressure on family farms to either get big or get out.