MPI Report: U.S. Agricultural Workforce Being Reshaped by Shifting Migration & Labor Strategies, with Drop in Unauthorized Share & Rise in Use of H-2A Program

WASHINGTON — Shifting migration patterns and labor strategies are reshaping the overwhelmingly foreign-born U.S. agricultural workforce, with a drop in the share of unauthorized workers and increased employer use of mechanization and the H-2A temporary agricultural worker program, a new Migration Policy Institute report shows.