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This Colorado farm has repeatedly violated federal labor laws. Why does the U.S. continue to grant it foreign workers?

BRIGHTON — The seasonal workers from Mexico stoop in oppressive summer heat, bending low to cut cucumbers bound for farmers markets and produce aisles at Colorado’s big-box grocery chains. The laborers come to Star Farms every year on temporary visas, part of the federal government’s H-2A program that allows U.S. employers to hire foreign workers for critical agricultural jobs. From 7 a.m.

 

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