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The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a case over whether the federal government can collect fines from a New Jersey farm over conditions for its migrant workers.

Sun Valley Orchards, which grows vegetables and fruit, was approved in 2015 to bring in 96 foreign workers under the H-2A program. The Labor Department later found it broke several program rules, among them misleading promises about living quarters, substandard transport, and improper wage deductions.

The justices are now weighing the government's effort to collect those penalties.

SCOTUS grapples with Department of Labor case involving migrant worker fines