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New visa rules shut loopholes in oft-abused labor program

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor announced Friday that it is closing loopholes in a widely criticized employment program that paid four Oregon companies more than $7 million in 2010 to hire workers to complete forestry projects in Oregon.

Under the H-2B visa program, which was part of....

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