(Updated June 18) Nearly 200 workers who were designated for cherry harvest in Washington have been granted visa wavers by the U.S. State Department, Washington Farm Labor Association (WAFLA) says. A software problem, which plagued the entire visa processing system on June 9, is still being worked on and the state department says it doesn’t “expect the system will be online before next week.” Read the updated release from WAFLA below Most of the farm workers for WAFLA members who had been stranded at the border for more than a week obtained visas on Wednesday, June 17, day 9 of […]
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