Trump administration push to bring more guest farmworkers is slow to take hold in Pacific Northwest

Trump administration push to bring more guest farmworkers is slow to take hold in Pacific Northwest

The Trump administration has made it cheaper and easier for farmers to bring temporary foreign farmworkers to the U.S.But a push to expand the federal H-2A agricultural visa program might not solve a Pacific Northwest farm labor problem made worse by rigorous immigration enforcement campaigns – at least not right away. So far in Oregon, there is no surge in visas.And some advocates say these federal policy changes could also lower wages for loca…