America’s foreign-born sheepherders are finally getting a raise

More than 1,600 foreign-born sheepherders in the western U.S. are finally getting a pay raise, says High Country News. Brought to the U.S. under the H-2A visa program, the workers are allowed in the country for three years at a time. Until recently, they only made $750 a month—just $100 more than they earned in 1965 under the H-2A program.… » Read More

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