On March 24, 2023, Rep. Allen (R-GA), re-introduced the “Better Agricultural Resources Now Act” (BARN), which would amend the H-2A program to remove important government oversight and to slash labor protections that are needed to protect both U.S. workers and guestworkers.
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Fact sheet: Rampant Violations of Workers’ Rights Reveal Flaws of H-2A Visa Program
Fact sheet describing frequent violations of workers’ rights and the need for reform in the H-2A visa program.
Fact Sheet: Proposed H-2A Wage Legislation Would Unfairly Cut Farmworker Pay
- Farmworker Justice strongly opposes the misleadingly-named “Keep Food Local and Affordable
Act of 2021” (S.3134 and H.R.5887), which was introduced in the Senate by Sens. Tillis (R-NC),
Boozman (R-AR), Cruz (R-TX) and Cornyn (R-TX) and in the House by Rep. Steube (R-FL).
The bill would require the Department of Labor to freeze the required wage rates for the H-2A
temporary agricultural worker visa program at 2021 levels in the majority of states. As
farmworker wages have been rising, this would essentially lower the wage that H-2A and
corresponding U.S. workers can expect to earn in 2022. Farmworkers – whose jobs are already
among the lowest paid in the country – do not deserve a pay cut.
Fact Sheets on the Affordable Care Act
Series of fact sheets on the Affordable Care Act in English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole. Developed with the Rural Women’s Health Project.
Video fact sheets in Mam and Mixteco Alto can be found on our YouTube channel.
Template H-2A Comments on 2019 Proposed Rule (Immigration Focused)
This shorter H-2A comment template is for use by immigration organizations.
Fact Sheet on Proposed H-2A Rulemaking
Fact sheet detailing some of the main changes proposed to the H-2A temporary agricultural worker visa program by the DOL in 2019.
Sign-on Letter Opposing Agricultural Guestworker Act, H.R. 1773
Letter of opposition to H.R. 1773 (2013) signed by over 200 organizations.