TRUMP MIGRATION FALLOUT: US farmer faces legal pushback for paying white SA workers higher wages (opens original article in a new tab)

A Mississippi farmer is being sued by five black American workers for allegedly discriminating against them by paying higher wages to white South African guest workers and exposing them to unsafe working conditions.

• A Mississippi farmer faces a lawsuit from five black American workers alleging racial and citizenship-based discrimination and wage theft.
• The workers claim the farmer paid higher wages to white South African H-2A visa workers while underpaying black US citizens and misclassifying them as independent contractors.
• The lawsuit also highlights dangerous working conditions and lack of safety equipment on the farm, including a 2022 fatality of a South African worker in a grain silo.