Albaro Lugo, an orchard worker employed through the H-2A agricultural visa program poses for a portrait before leaving to pick apples at Shenandoah Valley Orchards, in Timberville, Virginia on September 3, 2024. Preceding Labor Day in 2024, the Department of Labor released their annual list of initiatives, including an effort to strengthen labor standards for farm workers employed through the H-2A agricultural visa program, 2024