To support the Black Lives Matter movement, the Firm provided four hours of civic engagement paid time off to encourage staff to participate in one of the many protests and rallies held across the country. Staff also donated money, matched by the Firm, to non-profits promoting social justice.
Want to learn more about the H-2 Visa program? Register for our upcoming H-2 webinar, and keep reading below! What is a migrant worker? There is much confusion over the role that migrant workers play in the United States, and unsurprisingly several conflicting definitions are used for this important labor group. In the context of U.S. immigration, migrant workers come to the United States to provide services on a temporary, seasonal basis. They play an instrumental role in the U.S. economy by curbing labor shortages across diverse industries, including agriculture, food processing, construction, landscaping, housekeeping, restaurant services, packing/production, and more. This month, WR Immigration is educating the public on the role migrant workers play in the agricultural industry, where the majority of laborers are migrants. Over recent decades, there has been considerable growth in the H-2A visa program for temporary, seasonal workers engaged in agricultural labor, herding, and livestock production. The majority of H-2A visa workers are Mexican migrants. In fact, Mexico and the United States have had a longstanding exchange of migrant labor with the first program formalized in 1942. Over the years, Congress has modernized the H-2 program for temporary, seasonal workers by introducing a labor certification process […]
WR Immigration continues to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by recognizing the contributions of two more trailblazers from within the community. Today we bring to light the exceptional political and economic accomplishments of Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Maria Contreras-Sweet. Starting her life in America as a seven-year-old refugee from Havana, Cuba, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen emerged as a powerful figure in the political sphere. She began her path to prominence by receiving her Bachelor of Arts in education and her Master of Arts in educational leadership from Florida International University and then attended the University of Miami to get an Ed.D in higher education. In Ileana’s early career she was an educator of a private school in Miami-Dade County where she routinely served as a liaison for immigrant parents needing assistance translating forms and navigating the complexities of the U.S. government. Ileana’s list of political achievements began in 1982 when won a seat in the Florida House of Representatives, becoming the first Hispanic woman to serve in the state legislature. Her political journey did not end there, and she was elected to the Florida senate in 1986. Only three years later, Ileana was once again making political headlines when she made history by becoming […]
