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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

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

Farmworker Justice Update: 05/17/19 DOL Releases H-2A Second Quarter Data Showing Continued Growth The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) recently published data on the H-2A temporary agricultural worker visa program for the second quarter of … Read more Farmworker Justice Update – 05/17/19

Action Alert – Sign the Petition to the EPA and Congress to Stop Pesticide Poisoning of Farmworkers & Their Children It’s wrong that farmworkers and their children continue to be exposed to the highly toxic pesticide chlorpyrifos.  You can help … Read more Action Alert – Sign the Petition to the EPA and Congress to Stop Pesticide Poisoning of Farmworkers & Their Children

Farmworker Justice Update: 04/24/19 2017 Census of Agriculture Results The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently released the results of its 2017 Census of Agriculture. The Census is conducted every five years and is meant to capture agricultural trends. With regard … Read more Farmworker Justice Update: 04/24/19

Guest Blog about House Hearing on Immigration and Agriculture By: Lizett Aguilar Lizett Aguilar is an undergraduate senior currently interning for Farmworker Justice. She was born and raised in the farmworker community of California’s San Joaquin Valley and has worked … Read more Guest Blog about House Hearing on Immigration and Agriculture