Below are our latest news on important news and events relating to policy changes and issues affecting farmworkers and their families.
Farmworker Justice Statement on Vote to Approve Agricultural Worker Immigration Bill by House Judiciary Committee
Farmworker Justice appreciates the markup and the vote by the House Committee on the Judiciary on November 21 to support passage of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019, HR 5038. We thank the Committee Chair, Rep. Nadler, for the markup of this important bill regarding our agriculture and food system.
Farmworker Justice Statement on House Agricultural Immigration Reform Bill
(Washington, DC) Today, Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Dan Newhouse (R-WA), introduced the “Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019.” This bipartisan legislation was the result of complex negotiations between members of Congress, farmworker advocates, including the UFW, UFW Foundation, and Farmworker Justice, and agricultural employer organizations.
On September 24, Farmworker Justice, on behalf of 42 organizations, submitted to the US Department of Labor a 165-page comment and numerous exhibits responding to the DOL’s proposed changes to the H-2A temporary foreign agricultural worker program.
Farmworker Justice staff coordinated the comment process and, with several farmworker advocacy groups around the country, co-wrote and edited the detailed comment. We also drafted shorter model comments which many farmworker-supporting organizations used to write their own comments.
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