US EditionSupreme Court Takes up Appeal From Trump Administration over Living Conditions for Migrant Farmworkers
The justices will decide whether the Labor Department can use agency judges to enforce H-2A farmworker rules, a power the farm says violates the Constitution.
- On Monday, the Supreme Court agreed to decide whether the Department of Labor has authority to enforce working conditions for foreign farmworkers under the H-2A visa program.
- The case stems from Sun Valley Orchards in New Jersey, where the Department of Labor accused the farm of violating conditions for about 96 workers, levying more than $212,000 in penalties.
- Lawyers for Sun Valley Orchards argued the department violated Article III of the Constitution, asserting, "There is no precedent or history supporting agency adjudication of such employment-related issues."
- The Philadelphia-based 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the farm, but the Justice Department warns the ruling "deprives the government of an important tool" for ensuring employer compliance.
- As the Trump administration seeks to expand the H-2A program, Justices will decide the case later this year, with a decision expected in mid-2027.
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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Challenge to In-House Tribunals at the Labor Department
The U.S. Supreme Court on April 27 agreed to consider whether the Department of Labor’s in-house administrative tribunals that can levy large fines on employers for violating agricultural visa rules are constitutional. The court’s decision in Department of Labor v. Sun Valley Orchards LLC took the form of an unsigned order. No justices dissented. The court did not explain its decision. The department wants to overturn a ruling by the U.S. Court …
Court decides to hear additional case next term, turns down petition from parents challenging school gender-identity policy
The Supreme Court on Monday morning agreed to decide whether the Department of Labor has the power to hold hearings to collect money from employers who violate the terms of the visa program for seasonal farm workers. The dispute arises from an investigation and proceeding conducted by the Department of Labor that led to an assessment of penalties and back wages of more than a half-million dollars against Sun Valley Orchards, a New Jersey farm th…
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide whether the Department of Labor has the power to enforce the working conditions of foreign agricultural workers, thus entering into an immigration program that will...
Supreme Court takes up appeal from Trump administration over living conditions for migrant farmworkers
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether the US Department of Labor is empowered to enforce working conditions for foreign farm laborers, delving into an immigration program that the Trump administration is attempting to expand.
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