80% of Picayune's seasonal visa workers fill farm jobs

80% of Picayune's seasonal visa workers fill farm jobs

As the Trump administration moves to end Temporary Protected Status for several immigrant groups and employers continue to warn about labor shortages, researchers at Manifest Law analyzed where businesses rely most heavily on the H-2A and H-2B seasonal worker programs—two legal pathways employers use to fill temporary jobs when domestic workers are unavailable.   In Picayune, Mississippi, the H-2A program allows agricultural employers to hire fo…