September 25, 2024
A Fourth Circuit panel appeared reluctant on Wednesday to block the Biden administration's new wage rule for H-2A visa workers, doubting whether the rule should have accounted for illegal immigration and whether that issue was even properly before the court.
February 07, 2024
A group of ranches and farms' argument that the new U.S. Department of Labor's rule for H-2A workers' wages would facilitate illegal immigration is speculative and the Fourth Circuit should ignore it, a nonprofit organization helping migrants and seasonal workers said.
February 01, 2024
The Biden administration urged the Fourth Circuit to reject an argument that the U.S. Department of Labor was required to consider the effects of a rule regulating H-2A wages on illegal immigration, saying the argument, attached to a challenge of the rule, came too late.
December 05, 2023
A U.S. Department of Labor rule regulating wages for H-2A workers would make foreign labor unaffordable for employers and increase illegal immigration, a group of ranches and farms told the Fourth Circuit, saying implementation of the rule should be halted.