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Most representatives of agricultural employers and farmworkers agree that immigration reform is desperately needed so that the hard-working, experienced agricultural workers who lack authorized immigration status have an opportunity to earn immigration status and a path to citizenship. However, the … Read more LTE: Agriculture and Immigration Article One Sided

“A Framework for Managing Immigration,” by Eduardo Porter (Economic Scene column, Oct. 26), supports a proposal for a United States-Mexico temporary foreign worker program made by the Center for Global Development. In discussing the Bracero guest worker program, the column … Read more NYT Letter to the Editor : Guest Worker Programs

Your editorial on immigration policy is an encouraging signal reflecting common sense and an informed opinion during a policy debate that often lacks both (“To grow economy, Maine needs more immigrants,” Aug. 8). As labor advocates for farmworkers, we know … Read more LTE: Undocumented deserve a path to citizenship

The article “Ag issues crop up in Gardner’s tour” quotes a farm operator who suggests that problems in the H-2A agricultural guest worker program should be solved by turning the program over to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The USDA … Read more Letter to the Editor: Congress Should Pass Immigration Reform

The dangers to farmworkers from exposure to pesticides in the fields were noted only parenthetically in the May 18 Food article “Is organic farming really better for the environment?” Pesticides poison not only farmworkers in the fields but also their … Read more Washington Post LTE: Farmworker Health Deserves Attention

Most people who assist migrant farmworkers agree with David Winkles of the Farm Bureau that Congress should reform the immigration laws (April 20, “S.C. agriculture needs immigration reform”). But we disagree with the specifics in his op-ed. The current agricultural … Read more Letter to the Editor: Migrant Farmworkers Need Stronger Protections

We couldn’t disagree more with the contention that the Bracero program was “one of the most successful programs of all times” (“Bring on the Guest Workers” by William McGurn, Main Street, March 24). The Bracero program, which began during World … Read more Wall Street Journal LTE: Guest Workers and the Bracero Model

The simple family farmer in the folk song “Old McDonald’s Farm” tended alone to his animals; he didn’t hire any farmworkers. Much has changed since the era of Old McDonald, yet today’s farming corporations often claim they don’t “employ” any … Read more OpEd in The Hill: Old McDonald had a farm and a hamburger joint – but no employees

The head of a national farmworker rights group defends the U.S. Department of Labor's actions in the case involving three Oregon blueberry growers. How about a little bit of objectivity when it comes to farm operators that deprive hard-working farmworkers … Read more Capital Press Letter to the Editor: Farmworker pay case not ‘extortion’

Re "Airport, ACLU tussle over ads" (Our Region, July 21): The decision of Sacramento International Airport to not run the informational ads of the California Endowment regarding denial of health care coverage for undocumented immigrants is unjust and deplorable. As … Read more Airport wrong on immigrant health ads: Farmworker Justice Board of Directors Vice Chair’s Letter to the Editor