H-2A Sheep Regulations Still in Effect
March 20, 2009
Despite a Department of Labor notice that recent regulations affecting the H-2A labor program were being temporarily suspended, program changes to the sheepherder program remain in place. It is the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regulations that were implemented this winter by the Bush Administration that carry a negative impact for the sheep industry.
The DHS language contains onerous provisions for sheepherders, such as requiring 30 days out of country between contracts, and these regulations have not been suspended.
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