FJ statement on amendment to 2020 DHS appropriations bill amending H-2A program to allow year-round work such as dairy.
On March 14, 2019, Reps. Brindisi (D-NY) and Joyce (R-PA) introduced the “Dairy and Sheep H-2A Visa Enhancement Act,” H.R. 1778. The bill would cause great harm to workers by expanding the H-2A program to allow employers to petition for year-round dairy workers and sheepherders under the H-2A program.
Read moreFact Sheet on the Dairy and Sheep H-2A Visa Enhancement Act
Fact sheet on the H-2A temporary agricultural worker visa program.
Summary of the "AG and Legal Workforce Act," HR 6417, introduced by Rep. Goodlatte (R-VA). This bill would replace the H-2A program with a newly created H-2C program and eliminate long-standing worker protections.