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POLITICSJun 22 · 19:46 UTCWAFB BATON ROUGEDevin Cruice

Louisiana crawfish farmers hope CRAW Act fixes worker shortage that hurt 2026 season

Louisiana crawfish farmers face a labor shortage due to H-2B visa caps affecting peeling plants, threatening industry revenue and prompting a bipartisan proposal to reclassify processing under uncapped H-2A visas. Reps. Clay Higgins, Wilford Carter, and Cleo Fields introduced the CRAW Act to address the issue.

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Rep. Clay HigginspersonWilford CarterpersonCleo FieldspersonJoe ArceneauxpersonLouisiana Farm BureauorganizationLSU AgCenterorganizationCRAW ActtopicH-2B visatopicH-2A visatopiccrawfish industrytopic
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