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Trump Vineyard Estates, better known as Trump Winery, asked to bring in 29 workers this season through the federal H-2A visa program, The Daily Progress reported.

The program enables agricultural employers who anticipate a shortage of domestic workers to bring foreign workers to the U.S. to do agricultural jobs or perform other temporary or seasonal services.

YES - but they are bringing in foreign workers with a federal H-2A Visa program, not hiring illegals.
The H02A program is for TEMPORARY agricultural workers.

Step 1: A US employer files an application with the US Depart
ment of Labor to demonstrate that there are no American workers who are able, willing, qualified, and available to do the work. If approved, the employer receiv
es a “temporary labor certification.”
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Step 2: The employer files Form I-129, Petiti
on for Nonimmigrant Worker, with USCIS, which requests H-2A workers and can specify from which country the workers should originate.
This petition may or may not identify individual workers by name.
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Step 3: Once the Form I-129 is approved, prospective workers outside the US apply for an H-2A nonimmigrant visa at the
US Embassy or consulate abroad.

On U.S. Farms, Fewer Hands for the Harvest
Producers raise wages, enhance benefits, but a worker shortage grows with tighter border

https://www.wsj.com/articles/on-u-s-farms-fewer-hands-for-the-harvest-1439371802