AmericanHort joined the National Council of Agriculture Employers, Southeastern Legal Foundation, and other agricultural organizations in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to curb the Department of Labor’s (DOL) use of in-house tribunals in H-2A enforcement. In DOL v. Sun Valley Orchards, a family farm faced roughly $550,000 in penalties even though the case was never heard by an independent court. The amicus brief argues employers are entitled to an independent judge and jury, not a DOL acting as prosecutor, judge, and collector combined; a precedent that could directly impact members considering the H-2A program.