Ramos-Barrientos v. Bland

PRYOR, Circuit Judge:

The main issue is this appeal is whether an employer that hires migrant farm workers through the H-2A visa program is entitled to wage credits under the Fair Labor Standards Act, see 29 U.S.C. § 203(m), for housing and meals that federal law required the employer to provide the workers. Migrant farm workers who worked for Bland Farms, LLC, appeal a summary judgment in favor of Bland and against their complaint that Bland violated the Act. The workers allege that Bland paid them below the minimum wage in violation of the Act, id. § 206, when it failed to reimburse them for…