The Washington Farm Labor Association (WAFLA) is drawing attention to the plight of Mexican guest workers, who have been stranded at the U.S. border, and of the agricultural employers who urgently need them to harvest their crops. Hundreds of workers who have contracted to work in Washington through the H-2A foreign guest worker program have faced long delays in obtaining visas because of a reported computer problem that has been preventing the State Department from doing fingerprinting and background checks. WAFLA, which handles about 80 percent of Washington growers’ H-2A applications, has appealed to members of Congress to put pressure […]