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  Immigration Policy: House Judiciary Committee Approves Farm Workforce Modernization Act               On November 21, 2019, the House Judiciary Committee passed the “Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019” (FWMA), H.R. 5038, following debate the day before. The bill would … Read more Farmworker Justice Update: 12/04/19

  Farm Workforce Modernization Act Introduced             On October 30, Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Dan Newhouse (R-WA), introduced the “Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019.” This bipartisan legislation, H.R. 5038,  was the result of complex negotiations between members of … Read more Farmworker Justice Update: 11/13/19

  H-2A International Recruitment Fraud Puts Workers into Debt Under the H-2A temporary agricultural worker visa program, it is unlawful for recruiters to charge recruitment fees to workers. Nevertheless, it is all too common for recruiters in the H-2A program … Read more Farmworker Justice Update: 10/21/19

Farmworker Justice and Other Advocates Submitted Comments to the DOL Regarding Proposed H-2A Program Changes            On September 24, Farmworker Justice and many other organizations and advocates responded to the Department of Labor’s (DOL) published request for comments to proposed … Read more Farmworker Justice Update: 09/27/19

Trump Administration Proposes Major Changes to H-2A Agricultural Guestworker Program:  Comments Due September 24            On July 26, the Department of Labor (DOL) published proposed changes to the H-2A temporary foreign agricultural worker program regulations in the Federal Register. Interested … Read more Farmworker Justice Update – 08/22/19

Marcos, Lilia and their three children share an apartment close to town. Marcos works in the strawberry fields and has a schedule that often fluctuates with the changing tasks through the season. Lilia works at a landscaping company that has … Read more Celebrating Agricultural Worker Health Day – A Focus on FJ’s Partnership with Migrant and Seasonal Head Start and Migrant Health Centers

Marcos, Lilia and their three children share an apartment close to town. Marcos works in the strawberry fields and has a schedule that often fluctuates with the changing tasks through the season. Lilia works at a landscaping company that has … Read more Celebrating Agricultural Worker Health Day – A Focus on FJ’s Partnership with Migrant and Seasonal Head Start and Migrant Health Centers

Today (July 26) the Trump Department of Labor announced plans to make sweeping revisions to the H-2A agricultural guestworker program to the detriment of farmworkers. The proposed H-2A changes would weaken key protections for farmworkers, reducing the ability of the current farm labor … Read more Trump Department of Labor Proposes Harmful Changes to H-2A Agricultural Guestworker Program

Year-Round H-2A Amendment Included in House DHS Appropriations Bill On June 11, the House Appropriations Committee passed an H-2A year-round rider on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations bill for FY 2020, via voice vote. Reps. Newhouse (R-WA) and … Read more Farmworker Justice Update – 07/11/19

Farmworker Justice Update: 06/07/19 Dream and Promise Act Passed in House On June 4, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the “American Dream and Promise Act of 2019,” H.R. 6, by a vote of 237-187. The bill provides critically needed … Read more Farmworker Justice Update – 06/07/19