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TIFTON, Ga. — The Georgia Cotton Commission’s Inaugural Trustees Awards were presented at the 2023 Georgia Cotton Commission Annual Meeting Jan. 25 in Tifton.
South African farm labor is exempt but additional countries could limit H-2A ag labor pool.
President Biden signed a proclamation that limits and prohibits travel to the U.S. from certain countries, including South Africa, due to the COVID pandemic. Although the U.S. Department of State granted a national interest exemption for H-2A and some H-2B workers from South Africa, the travel restrictions could impact a significant number of agricultural H-2A workers.
According to the Department of Labor, H-2A workers are defined as nonimmigrant workers that perform agricultural labor on a temporary or seasonal nature. In the third quarter of 2020, there was a 4% increase in H-2A positions from the prior year, nearing 90,000 temporary jobs.