Best Immigration Lawyers in Pinellas Park, FL

Agricultural Visas Increase While Others Remain Restricted Immigration law in the U.S. is complicated, at best, and changing all the time. The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), enacted in 1952, contains many of the most important provisions of immigration law. The INA has been amended many times over the years, especially since President Trump took office. While the merits of the Trump administration’s immigration policies are hotly debated, there is no denying that Trump has taken a vocal stance against our nation’s previous immigration policies. In a move seemingly contradictory to this stance however, the administration has been relatively liberal with regard to granting access to one particular group of immigrants — those seeking agricultural visas. Granting more agricultural visas than usual, while remaining extremely restrictive on the rest of immigration policy, might seem contradictory. But in reality, this granting of more agricultural visas does support one continued irrefutable fact: that American-born workers do not want the labor intensive jobs that immigrants are ever increasingly and willingly eager to do. More agricultural visas are being granted in order to maintain this labor force- a labor force with few enforceable rights and where wages are permitted to be kept lower than other industries- e.g., agricultural workers are not even entitled to be compensated time and ½ for overtime.