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Under the new changes, the agency adjusted how wages paid to H-2A farmworkers are calculated, effectively lowering hourly rates by between $1 and $7 depending on the state, according to some estimates. Farm owners can also now include housing as part of the compensation package they provide to guest farmworkers.

The reduction in wages has prompted a lawsuit from the United Farm Workers of America, which represents thousands of field workers. It argues that the rule will adversely harm American farmworkers by lowering their wages as well or pushing them out of the labor pool entirely.
 


“…Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal, 41, served as an Afghan special forces soldier from 2005 and worked alongside U.S. Army Special Forces for more than a decade before he was evacuated by the U.S. and resettled while he sought asylum, according to the AfghanEvac nonprofit.

Having moved to America to start a new life with his family, he had been preparing to drive his children to school on Friday, March 13, when agents in unmarked vehicles surrounded him and detained him.

… Details on what exactly happened after Paktyawal’s arrest are scarce. AfghanEvac says Paktyawal contacted family members from ICE custody and told them he was not feeling well.

The group says his family was told he was admitted to Parkland Hospital in Dallas at about 11:45 p.m. on Friday, was still alive at around 8 a.m. on Saturday, and was dead by noon. The cause of death has not been made public.

ICE released a statement Sunday describing Paktyawal as a “criminal illegal alien” that made no mention of his history helping U.S. troops in Afghanistan. The statement began with a breakdown of what the agency described as Paktyawal’s “known criminal history” before getting to the circumstances of his death.…”
 
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