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Modernizing H-2 Program Requirements, Oversight, and Worker Protections

Agency: Homeland Security Department

Document #: 2024-29353

Published: December 18, 2024

Effective: January 17, 2025

Docket: CIS No. 2740-23

Summary

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending its regulations affecting temporary agricultural (H-2A) and temporary nonagricultural (H-2B) nonimmigrant workers (H-2 programs) and their employers. This rulemaking is intended to better ensure the integrity of the H-2 programs and enhance protections for workers.

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