Attorneys general of 17 Republican-controlled states filed a lawsuit to stop the Department of Labor's new rules that protect the rights of H2-A farm workers. What's terrifying is they just won a temporary injunction for these 17 states. GOP will stop worker protection rules that would protect guest workers from exploitation and trafficking.
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Rulemaking began after a horrifying case in Georgia – one of the excluded states – which included rape, kidnapping and forcing farm workers to work at gunpoint.
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But MSNBC keeps talking about Robinson. The H-2A program allows U.S. employers to bring in these workers when there is a shortage of domestic labor.
