During the holiday season, our Boston office ran a gift card drive in support of Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), a non-profit organization dedicated to providing legal services to immigrant children. WR staff gave generously donated throughout the month, with the firm matching their donations. Read more about KIND and how you can contribute and support their efforts here.
The Worldwide Employee Relocation Real Estate Advisory Council (WERC) has requested that WR Immigration join their “Industry Vertical – Immigration,” a panel that gathers senior leaders from the immigration sector to learn insights on where the industry is currently and what to expect for the future, at the upcoming WERC Global Workforce Symposium 2021. WR Immigration Oakland Managing Partner and Technology and Innovation Partner, Charina Garcia, will be representing WR Immigration along with other industry leaders at this panel. If you would like to catch Charina live on Oct. 20 at GWS in Chicago, register now for GWS! This recognition, paired with WR Immigration’s selection for a GWS presentation of a panel on data security, shows how WR Immigration continues to blaze a trail for immigration related technology and thought leadership.
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 […]
