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Farmworker Justice Update: 01/12/18 Administration’s Focus on Agriculture and Rural Issues Ignores Farmworkers On January 8, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue publicly released a report that had earlier been given to President Trump by the Interagency Task … Read more Farmworker Justice Update – 01/12/18

Farmworker Justice Update: 12/22/17   Christmas Tree Cutters Continue Battle to Improve Working Conditions             As many celebrate the season by purchasing and decorating a Christmas tree, it is important to think about the working conditions … Read more Farmworker Justice Update – 12/22/17

Farmworker Justice Immigration Update – 12/01/17  DACA and TPS Recipients Continue to Suffer from Congressional Failure to Act December will be a key time for activism to ensure that Congress protects the approximately 1 million immigrants who are currently in … Read more Farmworker Justice Immigration Update – 12/01/17

Farmworker Justice Update: 11/09/17 H-2C Guestworker Proposal Approved by House Judiciary Committee               As noted in our previous updates, on October 25 the House Judiciary Committee passed the “Agricultural Guestworker Act” sponsored by Chairman Goodlatte. In order to become law, the bill … Read more Farmworker Justice Immigration Update – 11/09/2017

Agricultural Guestworker Act Passed in House Judiciary Committee   On Wednesday, after multiple hours of debate over the course of two days, the House Judiciary Committee narrowly passed Chairman Bob Goodlatte's (R-VA) Agricultural Guestworker Act, HR 4092, by a vote … Read more Farmworker Justice Update 10/27/17

Representative Goodlatte’s Agricultural Guestworker Bill As summarized in our October 6th blog post, earlier this month Rep. Goodlatte postponed a scheduled meeting of the House Judiciary Committee to mark up his terribly anti-worker, anti-immigrant Agricultural Guestworker bill. Although the bill’s … Read more Farmworker Justice Update: 10/18/17

Goodlatte Postpones his Agricultural Guestworker Act for Lack of Votes We are pleased to report that Rep. Goodlatte postponed the meeting of the House Judiciary Committee that was scheduled for Wednesday to mark up his terribly anti-worker, anti-immigrant Agricultural Guestworker … Read more Farmworker Justice Update 10/6/17

A Note to our Readers:  We are kicking off a new section of our update focused on farmworkers’ access to health care and occupational health and safety, which have been key parts of our mission for many years. The issues … Read more Farmworker Justice Immigration Update – 09/08/2017

H-2A Farmworker Death in Washington Farmworker Justice extends its condolences to the family and friends of Honesto Silva Ibarra. Mr. Ibarra was a farmworker employed under the H-2A guestworker program who passed away on August 6, while employed by Sarbanand … Read more Farmworker Justice Immigration Update: 08/22/17

Please note that the legislative proposals discussed below have not been passed by Congress. There is still time to contact lawmakers about these proposals. Please ask your Members of Congress to 1) oppose expansion of the H-2A agricultural guestworker program … Read more Farmworker Justice Immigration Update: 08/04/17