Brandon Mallory, executive director at Mid American Ag and Horticultural Services, explains the intricacies of AgJOBS and H-2A. THE concept of AgJOBS has been around for more than a decade. Brandon Mallory, executive director for Mid American Ag and Horticultural Services, has been directly involved in the struggle for immigration reform just as long. "I would say we understood how big the problem was maybe 15 years ago, and we started moving towards a solution," he says. That solution was AgJOBS, which Mallory believes has its positives and negatives. "There have obviously been some changes to it since, and it's not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but I'd probably say the best thing about it is that it allows the workers that are currently in the country working on farms, through a process, to stay here legally and continue to work in agriculture."
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