S. 5299 aims to streamline the process for U.S. employers who are seeking to hire H–2A agricultural workers from abroad. It modifies the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow joint petitions by multiple employers, introduces a simplified petition process for rehiring past...
Simple Explanation
S. 5299 is a new rule that helps farmers in the U.S. get workers from other countries more easily by allowing them to ask together for these workers and making it simpler to rehire them if they’ve worked before. Plus, it introduces a new online system for paperwork, and for a few years, it keeps the pay rates from going higher.