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Research presented at a recent panel organized by the Economic Policy Institute underscores the need for comprehensive immigration reform with a path to lawful permanent resident status (LPR) and eventual citizenship. The research demonstrates the precarious position in which both … Read more New Research Shows Guestworkers and Undocumented Workers Both Vulnerable in Workplace: Highlights the Need for Immigration Reform that Provides True Immigration Status with a Path to Citizenship

Farmworker Justice is deeply disappointed by the 5th Circuit’s decision today to deny the Department of Justice’s request to stay the temporary injunction of DAPA and expanded DACA. This decision means continued delays in the implementation of the expanded DACA … Read more Temporary Injunction Remains in Place for Now with 5th Circuit Divided Decision to Deny of DOJ’s Request for Stay

Tomorrow marks the date that the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents program (DAPA) was supposed to begin. On this day, the parents of U.S. citizen and lawful permanent resident children should have been able to … Read more Farmworker Justice Immigration Update 5/18/15

Yesterday FJ released our report reviewing US DOL’s enforcement in agriculture (available here). The report “U.S. Department of Labor Enforcement in Agriculture: More Must be Done to Protect Farmworkers,” analyzes 8 years of DOL’s statistics on its enforcement of the … Read more Farmworker Justice Immigration Update 5/1/15

Cesar Chavez Day and National Farmworker Awareness Week Tuesday was Cesar Chavez Day – a day to honor the farmworker civil rights leader that continues to inspire many. Cesar Chavez Day marked the culmination of Farmworker Awareness Week. Farmworker Awareness … Read more Farmworker Justice Immigration Update 4/3/15

Thousands of farmworkers in San Quintin Valley, Baja California, Mexico, began a labor strike on March 17th, protesting low wages and poor working conditions. The striking workers also shut down 55 miles of the Trans-Peninsular Highway for several days, blocking … Read more Mexican Farmworker Strike

The fight over President Obama’s executive actions has continued in the courts and in Congress over the last few weeks. Last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) petitioned the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to issue an emergency “stay” lifting … Read more Farmworker Justice Immigration Update 3/20/15

The Department of Homeland Security is Funded Through September Last week, Congress narrowly averted a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for at least one week. As you’ll remember from previous updates, House Republicans had passed a DHS-funding … Read more Farmworker Justice Immigration Update 3/3/15

President Obama’s Deferred Action Programs Put on Hold by Court A very conservative, outspoken federal judge issued a temporary order Monday blocking the Federal Government from implementing the President’s deferred action programs that were announced on November 20, 2014, known … Read more Farmworker Justice Immigration Update 2/20/15

On Wednesday, February 4, 2015, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security held a hearing on “The Legal Workforce Act.” The hearing focused on Rep. Lamar Smith’s (R-TX) E-verify bill, titled “The Legal Workforce Act” filed in the … Read more Republican Judiciary Committee Members Propose Same Old Failed Approach: E-verify Plus Harsh Guestworker Program as the Solution for Agriculture