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Migrant workers? Why aren’t they expats?

• poulsbohemian 6y ago
  Locally (where we have a lot of folks who come from other countries to work in agriculture), I've always assumed it's about duration: If you come to work the season, you are a migrant worker. If you come to stay on a semi-permanent basis, you are an expat. But maybe I've been using those words wrong?
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  • markdown 6y ago
    That sounds reasonable, but I didn't see anything in the article to indicate that these mechanics were only there seasonally. Perhaps I missed it.
• kevin_thibedeau 6y ago
  H-2A visa holders. Even American farms source global labor. Given his location, it's probably better than trying to fight the brain drain and sort out the unreliable burnouts left in the local labor pool.