Peri & Sons Farms, Inc. v. Acosta

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PERI & SONS FARMS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 19-34 (TJK) R. ALEXANDER ACOSTA, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION This case is about the H-2A temporary agricultural labor program, which permits agricultural employers that face a shortage of domestic workers to meet their labor needs by hiring foreign workers on a temporary or seasonal basis (“H-2A workers”). To ensure that the employment of temporary foreign workers under this program does not adversely affect the wages of similarly employed domestic workers, the…