A coalition of industry organizations has written to the secretary of state and Department of Homeland Security, requesting H-2A guest workers be exempted from travel restrictions in place against South Africa.
“Instead of imposing travel bans that prevent critically needed H-2A workers from traveling to American farms or lead to added transportation costs that do not achieve COVID mitigation goals, farmers, H-2A workers, the Department of Homeland Security and the State Department should work together to allow workers taking appropriate health and safety precautions to travel to the United States directly from their home countries,” the letter read.
The letter was signed by the American Farm Bureau Federation, state Farm Bureau groups, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and other trade associations.
