{"id":"SEC-20-005","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States","state":"","metro":"","industry":"20","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services","authority":"INA secs. 103(a), 214(a), 214(c), 218 (8 U.S.C. 1103(a), 1184, 1188); 8 CFR 214.2(h)(5)","instrument":"Temporary Final Rule, 85 Fed. Reg. 21739 (CIS No. 2667-20; DHS Docket USCIS-2020-0008)","title":"Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2A Nonimmigrants Due to the COVID-19 National Emergency","dateIssued":"2020-04-20","effective":"2020-04-20","end":"2020-08-18 (extended in part by 85 Fed. Reg. 51304 and 85 Fed. Reg. 82291)","startDate":"2020-04-20","endDate":"2020-08-18","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["TRAV","OTHER"],"addressees":["H-2A employers and workers"],"clause":"As a result of disruptions and uncertainty to the U.S. food agriculture sector during the upcoming summer agricultural season caused by the global novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency, the Department of Homeland Security... has decided to temporarily amend the regulations regarding temporary and seasonal agricultural workers... The Department is temporarily removing certain limitations on agricultural employers and workers in order to provide agricultural employers with an orderly and timely flow of legal foreign workers, thereby protecting the integrity of the nation\u0027s food supply chain","enforcement":"Regulatory (8 CFR 214.2(h)(5) as temporarily amended)","functions":["LB the H-2A labor pipeline (the rule is the Government\u0027s own finding that consular and travel limits disrupted farm labor)","FP harvest crews","HR"],"notes":"A federal finding that the consular suspension of Mar. 20, 2020 and travel limits had disrupted the H-2A supply; the rule\u0027s preamble cites Mission Mexico\u0027s status page (Ex. SEC-20-027).","sourceUrl":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-04-20/pdf/2020-08356.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":236660,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-20","url":"/library/SEC-20-005","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-20-005","citation":"Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Temporary Final Rule, 85 Fed. Reg. 21739 (CIS No. 2667-20; DHS Docket USCIS-2020-0008) (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. SEC-20-005)","stateName":"","related":["SEC-20-027"]}