One U.S. visa program is growing rapidly. No one is happy with it.
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Labor organizations and conservatives are skeptical of any program that expands the use of foreign labor. Labor groups have long criticized the H-2A program for the potential of workplace abuses; and conservatives take issue with any program that could grandfather in workers currently working in the U.S. illegally.

Farmers and other businesses warn of immediate consequences to their labor supply without expanding the program, given the administration's deportations and continued record-low crossings at the southern border .

"Now that the administration has secured the border, it's time to address the rest of our immigration system," said Martin Durban, senior vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, citing a Congressional Budget Office report that predicts a drop in the working-age population. "You can't grow the economy with a shrinking workforce."

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