KENNEWICK — Buses with about 500 foreign workers were expected to arrive Wednesday in the Yakima and Tri-Cities areas to help harvest a record apple crop in Washington.
The Washington Farm Labor Association says they’ll likely be in the orchards by Friday.
Visas through the federal H-2A guest worker program had been delayed by State Department computer problems.
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