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Farmworker Justice recently published the attached immigration reform flyers in English and Spanish for outreach workers and other advocates to handout to farmworkers.  The flyer explains to farmworkers the general requirements contained in the blue card program contained in the … Read more New Resource from Farmworker Justice: Immigration Reform Flyer for Agricultural Workers

The August Recess While Members of Congress have spent time in their home districts during August, immigration reform advocates have held rallies and attended town halls and meetings to press them to support comprehensive immigration reform with a path to … Read more Farmworker Justice Immigration Reform Update: 8/23/13

Last week the Executive Office of the President released the report, “Fixing Our Broken Immigration System: The Economic Benefits to Agriculture and Rural Communities.” The report illustrates farmworkers’ important role in our nation’s agricultural success and the ways in which … Read more White House Issues Report on Agriculture and Immigration Policy

-Farmworker Leaders Arrested in Civil Disobedience Action for Immigration Reform Ramón Ramírez, President of Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN) and Chair of Farmworker Justice’s Board of Directors, and Giev Kashkooli, Vice President of the UFW, were arrested yesterday … Read more Farmworker Immigration Reform Update 8/2/13

Sen. Chambliss has filed a slew of amendments designed to make the already difficult lives of farmworkers even more difficult. These amendments would reopen the tough and delicate agricultural immigration compromise reached between agricultural employers from around the country and … Read more ACTION ALERT: Urge Your Senators to Oppose All Chambliss Amendments

Today at 5:30 PM, the Senate will vote on a critically important amendment to the Senate comprehensive immigration bill. The amendment, Leahy 1183, includes the agreement negotiated by Senators Corker (R-TN) and Hoeven (D-ND) and other Senators, and is essentially … Read more Immigration Reform Update 6/24/13- Vote On Leahy 1183 Amendment Happening Today

House Judiciary Committee Passes New Agricultural Guestworker Program: Self-deportation for the Undocumented, Exploitation for U.S. Workers and Guestworkers On June 19th, the House Judiciary Committee passed Chairman Robert Goodlatte's anti-worker, anti-immigrant Agricultural Guestworker Act, HR 1773, by a vote of … Read more Farmworker Justice Immigration Update June 20, 2013

Please call the Members of Congress on the House Judiciary Committee, especially if they represent your district. The list is below. Tell them to OPPOSE the Goodlatte “Agricultural Guestworker Act,” H.R. 1773. On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee will hold … Read more Farmworker Justice Legislative Action Alert June 17, 2013

Senate Update The Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act, S.744, has moved to the Senate floor. Senate Majority Leader Reid plans to offer robust opportunity for debate on the bill and proposed amendments. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Leahy … Read more Farmworker Justice Immigration Reform Update 6/11/13

On May 21st, the Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) concluded its mark-up of S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act. It passed the bill out of committee by a bipartisan vote of 13-5, with the support of … Read more Farmworker Justice Immigration Update 5/22/2013