USDA may reduce pay for foreign farm workers to help farmers struggling during pandemic - Entrepreneur Generations

"New White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows is working with Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to see how to reduce wage rates for foreign guest workers on American farms, in order to help U.S. farmers struggling during the coronavirus, according to U.S. officials and sources familiar with the plans," Franco Ordoñez reports for NPR. "Opponents of the plan argue it will hurt vulnerable workers and depress domestic wages."

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