HR1773: Path to Nowhere- Creates a Permanent Farmworker Underclass
Additional talking points on Rep. Goodlatte's Agricultural Guestworker Act (2013).
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Talking Points Rep. Goodlatte’s “Agricultural Guestworker Act” – An Exploit and Displace Strategy
Talking points for discussing Rep. Goodlatte's Agricultural Guestworker Act (2013).
Rep. Goodlatte’s “Agricultural Guestworker Act” Would Harm Farmworkers: It’s Time to Support the Stakeholder Agreement Reached by Agricultural Employers and Farmworkers
Farmworker Justice's analysis of Rep. Goodlatte's Agricultural Guestworker Act (2013).
No Way to Treat a Guest: Why the H-2A Agricultural Visa Program Fails U.S. and Foreign Workers
This report is based on interviews with current and former H-2A workers and documents the human toll of a system meant to provide a legal and dependable workforce for American farmers. The report offers multiple short-term and long-term solutions to eliminate abuses in the H-2A program and ensure a sustainable labor force for American agriculture.
Fact Sheet on the “Agricultural Guestworker Act of 2017”
Summary of the “Agricultural Guestworker Act,” H.R. 4092, introduced by Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), which would create the H-2C program, a new agricultural guestworker program that would strip away the limited protections currently found in the H-2A program.
Fact Sheet on Immigration Reform and Agriculture
This fact sheet provides an overview of the immigration reform needed for farmworkers and explains why reforms to expand the H-2A program and remove its modest protections are the wrong approach.
Sign-on Letter to Members of Congress Opposing the Agricultural Guestworker Act and Harmful Changes to the H-2A Program
September 2017 letter from multiple labor and immigrant rights organizations expressing their opposition to Rep. Goodlatte’s Agricultural Guestworker Act, as well as other harmful changes to the H-2A agricultural guestworker visa program.
Fact Sheet on the “Paperwork Reduction for Farmers Act of 2017”
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), with co-sponsor Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT), introduced the “Paperwork Reduction for Farmers Act,” S. 1578. The bill would expand the H-2A program to include year-round jobs and lessen important labor protections, including recruitment requirements for U.S. workers.
Fact Sheet on the BARN Act of 2017
Summary of the "Better Agricultural Resources Now Act of 2017" (BARN Act), H.R. 641, introduced by Rep. Rick Allen (R-GA). This bill would amend the H-2A program to remove important government oversight and to slash labor protections that are needed to protect U.S. workers and guestworkers.
Fact Sheet on the “Family Farm Relief Act of 2017”
Summary of the “Family Farm Relief Act of 2017,” H.R. 281, introduced by Rep. Stefanik (R-NY). The bill proposes to revise the H- 2A agricultural guestworker program in ways that would allow the exploitation of workers.