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Louisiana leads the country in crawfish production, bringing more than $300 million to the state each year. What happens when there aren’t enough employees to get them to buyers?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Farmers, landscapers and the hospitality industry have long argued that the U.S. government doesn\u2019t issue enough temporary visas to meet seasonal labor needs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Current limits under Trump\u2019s second term have worsened that problem.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And farmers in rural Louisiana are feeling that pinch.\u00a0<\/p>\n

NPR\u2019s Debbie Elliott went to Louisiana to find out how.<\/p>\n

For sponsor-free episodes of sign up for C via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.\u00a0Email us at considerthis@npr.org.<\/p>\n

This episode was produced by Christine Arrasmith and Alejandra Marquez Janse, with audio engineering by Tiffany Vera Castro.<\/p>\n

It was edited by Russell Lewis and Courtney Dorning.<\/p>\n

Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.<\/p>\n

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Louisiana leads the country in crawfish production, bringing more than $300 million to the state each year. What happens when there aren’t enough employees to get them to buyers?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Farmers, landscapers and the hospitality industry have long argued that the U.S. government doesn\u2019t issue enough temporary visas to meet seasonal labor needs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Current limits under Trump\u2019s second term have worsened that problem.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And farmers in rural Louisiana are feeling that pinch.\u00a0<\/p>\n

NPR\u2019s Debbie Elliott went to Louisiana to find out how.<\/p>\n

For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This,<\/em> sign up for Consider This+<\/em> via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org<\/a>.\u00a0Email us at considerthis@npr.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This episode was produced by Christine Arrasmith and Alejandra Marquez Janse, with audio engineering by Tiffany Vera Castro.<\/p>\n

It was edited by Russell Lewis and Courtney Dorning.<\/p>\n

Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-consider-this-from-npr"],"yoast_head":"\nHow is U.S. immigration policy hurting a key Louisiana industry? - Best USA Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=1042\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How is U.S. immigration policy hurting a key Louisiana industry? - Best USA Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Louisiana leads the country in crawfish production, bringing more than $300 million to the state each year. 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