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On September 24, Farmworker Justice, on behalf of 42 organizations, submitted to the US Department of Labor a 165-page comment and numerous exhibits responding to the DOL’s proposed changes to the H-2A temporary foreign agricultural worker program. Farmworker Justice staff … Read more Farmworker Advocates Coalition Submits Comments on Major Trump Administration Proposal re Agricultural Guestworkers

  Farmworker Justice Statement on Vote to Approve Agricultural Worker Immigration Bill by House Judiciary Committee Farmworker Justice appreciates the markup and the vote by the House Committee on the Judiciary on November 21 to support passage of the Farm Workforce Modernization … Read more Farmworker Justice Statement on Vote to Approve Agricultural Worker Immigration Bill by House Judiciary Committee

Farmworker Justice Statement on House Agricultural Immigration Reform Bill (Washington, DC)   Today, Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Dan Newhouse (R-WA), introduced the “Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019.”  This bipartisan legislation was the result of complex negotiations between members of … Read more Farmworker Justice Statement on House Agricultural Immigration Reform Bill

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                            Farmworker Justice, Washington, D.C. August 16, 2019 CONTACT Bruce Goldstein, Farmworker Justice 202-800-2521 bgoldstein@farmworkerjustice.org National Immigration Law Center: Hayley Burgess, 202-384-1279, media@nilc.org Western Center on Law & Poverty: Courtney McKinney, 214-395-2755, cmckinney@wclp.org Asian Americans Advancing Justice – … Read more Press Statement on Public Charge Lawsuit

August 12, 2019                                                       Contact:  Bruce Goldstein For immediate release                … Read more Farmworker Justice Statement on Public Charge Final Rule

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 7, 2019 Contact: Bruce Goldstein, Farmworker Justice 202-293-5420 ext. 304 bgoldstein@farmworkerjustice.org STATEMENT OF FARMWORKER JUSTICE ON THE IMMIGRATION RAIDS AT MISSISSIPPI FOOD PROCESSING COMPANIES Farmworker Justice condemned the heartless immigration raids at food processing plants in … Read more Farmworker Justice Statement on Mississippi Raids

For Release July 26, 2019                                 Contact: Adrienne DerVartanian 202-800-2522                                  … Read more Trump Department of Labor Proposes Harmful Changes to H-2A Agricultural Guestworker Program

For Immediate Release             July 16, 2019                        Contact: Bruce Goldstein, Farmworker Justice 202.293.5420 ext. 304 bgoldstein@farmworkerjustice.org Trump Department of Labor Proposes Harmful Changes to H-2A Agricultural Guestworker Program Yesterday, the … Read more Trump Department of Labor Proposes Harmful Changes to H-2A Agricultural Guestworker Program

June 11, 2019 Farmworker Justice Condemns House Amendment to the DHS Appropriations Bill Expanding the H-2A Agricultural Guestworker Program to Year-Round Jobs The House Appropriations Committee, while voting on the FY 2020 spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security … Read more Farmworker Justice Condemns House Amendment to the DHS Appropriations Bill Expanding the H-2A Agricultural Guestworker Program

For Immediate Release                                       Contact: Bruce Goldstein, Farmworker Justice, 202-800-2521 June 5, 2019                                                          … Read more Farmworker Justice Statement on Passage of Dream and Promise Act