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Among farmworkers, pesticide handlers are most at risk of developing long-term health effects associated with pesticide exposure on the job . These workers are tasked with mixing, loading, and applying pesticides to crops. Long-term exposure to pesticides containing organophosphates and … Read more A Case for Medical Monitoring for Pesticide Handlers

President Obama held meetings last week with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) on Thursday and immigration advocates on Friday to discuss the record number of people that the Obama Administration has deported. By the end of the month, … Read more Farmworker Justice Immigration Update

The American Coalition for Immigration Reform and the Partnership for a New American Economy, a bipartisan pro-immigration reform group of mayors and business leaders, released a report on Tuesday, “No Longer Home Grown: How Labor Shortages are Increasing America’s Reliance … Read more New Agribusiness Report Correctly Calls for Immigration Reform But Contains Flawed Analysis

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions held a hearing today on a proposal to raise the minimum wage. The Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013, S. 460, would raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 … Read more It’s High Time for a Minimum Wage Increase: Farmworkers Harvest Our Food Yet Reap Low Wages

While speaking to the farm community in his home district on Monday, House Speaker John Boehner responded to a question about immigration reform by saying, “I'm still working with the President, working with my colleagues in a bipartisan way, and … Read more Farmworker Justice Immigration Reform Update

 According to a 2010 poll, cancer is the disease most feared by American adults. And rightfully so, as the National Cancer Institute’s surveillance program reported that same year that over 13 million Americans were living with cancer. Farmworkers number over … Read more Taking a Closer Look at Farmworkers and Cancer

Working on immigration reform has been like riding a roller-coaster. Just a week after optimism about passing legislation rose with the House Republicans’ release of principles on immigration reform, Speaker Boehner cast strong doubts on the potential for House action … Read more Farmworker Justice Immigration Update

February is Black History Month and today, 7 February is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD). In light of these events, Farmworker Justice would like to bring attention to the Black and African American farmworkers who harvest our crops on a … Read more Shedding Light on Black and African American Farmworkers

In Tuesday’s State of the Union address, President Obama briefly outlined the need for Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform this year; however, he did not demand a path to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the … Read more Immigration Reform Update 1-31-2014 & Statement on House Republican Immigration Reform Principles

The beginning of 2014 has brought in a slew of news stories on the outlook for immigration reform. Several House leaders have signaled that they may address immigration reform in 2014. Most notably, Speaker Boehner has indicated that he would … Read more Immigration Reform Update 1/17/13