1. State the administrative agency which controls the regulation. Explain why this agency and your proposed regulation interests you (briefly). Will this proposed regulation affect you or the business in which you are working? If so, how?
The subject of immigration is well known among students, workers, and employers, and in fact, to most everyone residing within the United States. For me, this topic is especially significant as I myself was once a foreign student who went through the immigration process. However, from the promulgation of the first immigration law in the 1950s, these laws have evolved and have affected all individuals in one way or another.
In 2000, a proposal for immigration reform was brought to Congress due to the shortages of workers in the food industry (Robin, 2000). Immigration laws have changed several times since then. What is the relation between the 2000 and 2008 laws? In February 2008, the Department of Homeland Security proposed amendments to its immigration regulations. More specifically, The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and U.S. Customs and Border Protection presented a proposal affecting all H-2A nonimmigrant workers. Businesses in particular needed to understand what was changing and how it affected them and their employees.

2. Describe the proposal/change.
The proposal offered various new regulations and limitations imposed on U.S. employers and H-2A nonimmigrant workers. Some of the proposed changes included the limitations on the ability of U.S. employers to petition for unnamed workers, length of stay for nonimmigrant workers, the rules of extension of H-2A status, the relationship between the change of employers and the H-2A status, payments requirements for employees and beneficiaries, employer attention, violation of the status, waiting period regulations, exit process for H-2A workers, and other