A curious memo from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently touted “expansion of labor pathways” for foreign farmworkers into the U.S. The announcement was odd…
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USCIS Can’t Get Enough of Unlimited Ag Visas
Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing on Farmworker Amnesty
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing titled “Immigrant Farmworkers are Essential to Feeding America.” The hearing largely focused on the FAIR-opposed Farm Workforce…
Farm Groups Pressure Senate for More Foreign Farmworkers
The Agricultural Workforce Coalition (AWC), a group of farming and agricultural organizations, sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Minority Leader Mitch…
Agriculture Department Moves to Make Foreign Farm Workers Cheaper
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a notice in the Federal Register that they will refuse to collect the wage data necessary to establish wage rates…
U.S. ‘Waives’ Through Foreign Farm Hands as Unemployment Soars
In the face of skyrocketing unemployment, the federal government continues to put foreign workers on a fast track for U.S. agricultural jobs. Secretary of State Mike…