September 2017 letter from multiple labor and immigrant rights organizations expressing their opposition to Rep. Goodlatte’s Agricultural Guestworker Act, as well as other harmful changes to the H-2A agricultural guestworker visa program.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), with co-sponsor Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT), introduced the “Paperwork Reduction for Farmers Act,” S. 1578. The bill would expand the H-2A program to include year-round jobs and lessen important labor protections, including recruitment requirements for U.S. workers.
Summary of the "Better Agricultural Resources Now Act of 2017" (BARN Act), H.R. 641, introduced by Rep. Rick Allen (R-GA). This bill would amend the H-2A program to remove important government oversight and to slash labor protections that are needed to protect U.S. workers and guestworkers.
Summary of the “Family Farm Relief Act of 2017,” H.R. 281, introduced by Rep. Stefanik (R-NY). The bill proposes to revise the H- 2A agricultural guestworker program in ways that would allow the exploitation of workers.
April 2011 written testimony by Farmworker Justice President Bruce Goldstein before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Policy regarding the H-2A agricultural guestworker visa program.
September 2011 written testimony by Farmworker Justice President Bruce Goldstein before the Workforce Protections Subcommittee of the House Education and Workforce Committee regarding immigration and agricultural labor.
Written by Farmworker Justice and Oxfam America, this report chronicles a broken farm labor system that encourages lawlessness and exploitation of workers and outlines specific recommendations that the government can take to increase enforcement and improve the lives of farmworkers around the country.
Farmworker Justice analysis of rules proposed by the Department of Labor (DOL) in 2015 regarding H-2A herders and range livestock workers.
A presentation for assisters and other farmworker service providers with information about the H-2A program, H-2A worker eligibility for health insurance, and challenges and strategies to enrolling H-2A workers in health insurance. The strategies are based on experiences of assisters who successfully enrolled H-2A workers in health insurance.
An issue brief for farmworker service providers that answers specific questions about H-2A worker eligibility for health insurance under the ACA.