One U.S. visa program is growing rapidly. No one is happy with it
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Farmers argue that if the administration continues to push for mass deportations, they need a legal pathway to get workers. About half of all crop farmworkers are working without authorization, according to the latest estimates from the Agriculture Department .

The administration acknowledges challenges between strict immigration enforcement and farm labor supply. The Labor Department last year warned that increasing resources for immigration enforcement risks supply chain disruptions and food supply problems.

"Unless the Department acts immediately to provide a source of stable and lawful labor, this threat will grow as the tools Congress provided… to enhance enforcement of the nation's immigration laws are deployed," it wrote in a related Federal Register notice.

H-2A program grows as farmers ask for changes

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