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Essay profiles H-2A guest workers in Washington agriculture

Original: Agricultural ‘guest workers’ in WA describe their lives and ambitions- Essay in the Times by author David Guterson on wo

Author David Guterson has written a long-form essay for the Seattle Times profiling agricultural guest workers in Washington state. The piece examines the lives, working conditions and ambitions of migrants employed under the federal H-2A visa program, which supplies farms with seasonal foreign labor amid ongoing debates over immigration and farm labor policy.

Why now: Immigration and farm labor remain hot political topics, and the essay offers a personal look at workers behind the H-2A program debate.

David GutersonSeattle TimesWashington stateH-2A program

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• Agricultural ‘guest workers’ in WA describe their lives and ambitions- Essay in the Times by author David Guterson on workers in the H-2a program: https://www. seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-ma gazine/agricultural-guest-workers-in-wa-describe-their-lives-and-ambitions/ # pnw #… · Olympiajoe@journa.host · 2

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