Since 2018, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) has seen a 69 percent increase in unaccompanied children and adolescents - mainly from Latin America fleeing violence and poverty, the majority of whom are without a parent or guardian in the United States - employed illegally by companies. Last year, the DOL identified 835 companies that had employed more than 3,800 children, violating labor laws. It is worth mentioning that the highest civil fine under current law for child labor violations is only $15,138 per child. 

If you are looking for temporary employment in the United States under a H-2 visa, this information will help you get to know the process to obtain a visa and identify warning signs to identify job offers that might be fraudulent.

The requirements to request a H-2 temporary work visa are:

Co-authored by the National Center for Farmworker Health and the Centro de los Derechos del Migrante Inc.

Health care is very important for all people, and if you are a migrant worker in the United States, accessing health care services can be complex and costly. Below, we share several health care options for workers in the United States on H-2A and H-2B visas.

Coautoría de National Center for Farmworker Health y Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. 

El cuidado de la salud es muy importante en la vida diaria de cualquier persona. Si además eres una persona trabajadora migrante en los Estados Unidos, acceder a los servicios de salud puede ser complejo y costoso, así que te compartimos algunas opciones para las personas que entran a los Estados Unidos con visas H-2A y H-2B. 

An investigation by the United States Department of Labor (DOL) found that one of the largest food safety sanitation contracting companies in the United States, Packers Sanitation Services Inc. LTD (PSSI), illegally employed at least 102 children between the ages of 13 and 17. The company PSSI paid $1.5 million US dollars (about 27.5 million Mexican pesos) in fines for this violation.

Una investigación realizada por el Departamento de Trabajo de los Estados Unidos (DOL, por sus siglas en inglés) encontró que una de las empresas contratistas de saneamiento de seguridad alimentaria más grandes de los Estados Unidos, Packers Sanitation Services Inc. LTD (PSSI), empleó ilegalmente al menos a 102 niños de 13 a 17 años de edad. La empresa PSSI pagó por esta violación 1.5 millones de dólares estadounidenses (unos 27.5 millones de pesos mexicanos) en multas.