The term 'farmworkers' implies both migrant and seasonal laborers. Migrant farmworkers migrate from one county to another, from state to state, or from their native country to the U.S. in search of agricultural work.
Migrant workers establish a temporary abode in the area where they work.
Seasonal farmworkers' principal employment is agriculture, but they do not migrate in search of work. They are permanent residents of an area who work in farm labor on a seasonal basis. Though H-2A workers are contract workers and are legally working in the U.S., they do not have the opportunity to apply for legal permanent residency. They can only work for the employer who obtained their visa, regardless of the living and working conditions in the labor camps, and must return to their native countries at the end of the agricultural season.