Last week, pro-amnesty Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) requested that ICE officials to stop enforcing immigration laws against illegal farm workers and their employers. In a letter…
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Senator Feinstein Tells ICE to Stop Deporting Illegal Farm Workers
White House Issues Misleading Report on Agriculture’s Need for More Foreign Workers
The Obama administration has issued another slick report urging adoption of the U.S. Senate’s version of comprehensive immigration reform (S.744) in order to meet the labor…
Immigration Bill May Blow Up Over Ag Workers
Immigration Bill May Blow Up Over Ag Workers “The Senate’s “gang of eight” could roll out a long awaited comprehensive immigration plan next week, but a…
Agricultural Worker Visas: Easier Availability but More to be Done
A new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) describes improvements in the H-2A visa issuance process for seasonal agricultural workers and noted additional changes that…
A Dearth of Agricultural Workers?
Press accounts abound of the problems of agricultural producers who cannot find workers to harvest their crops. Even NYC Mayor Bloomberg, who has a penchant for…