It has been available for several years but has been of little benefit to agricultural employers. It has brought in only about 13.000 workers a year. primarily for the sugarcane fields of Florida and the apple orchards of New York. 13.000 workers a year. During these years the U.S. Department of Agriculture has estimated that 300.000 to 500.000 of the 5.1 million workers in agriculture were illegal aliens. The only reason the H2 program has worked on the east coast is that their crops have allowed them to provide continuous employment for 8 to 11 months. Agriculture in the West is different. with farmers demanding large numbers of workers for short periods of time.
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