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House passes H-2A expansion over broad GOP opposition

12/11/19 6:17 PM By Philip Brasher

The Democratic-controlled House approved a bill Wednesday to expand the H-2A visa program to year-round farmworkers and provide growers relief from wage hikes, but the broad GOP opposition underscored the challenge of getting Congress to address the agricultural labor squeeze.

Worker legalization divides lawmakers on ag labor bill

11/20/19 10:43 PM By Ben Nuelle

A bill to expand the H-2A farm worker visa program and provide legal status to existing agricultural employees is headed to the House floor despite strong opposition from Republicans who derided it as a “massive amnesty” measure.

Farms could face mandatory E-Verify, but current users say it’s flawed

11/20/19 6:30 AM By Fran Howard

Farmers nationwide could be forced sometime soon to start ensuring the eligibility of all new employees using the federal E-Verify system, which current agricultural users say is so flawed that many undocumented applicants can easily get around.

USDA photo of Honduran H-2A worker in Pa.

Ag labor reforms face House test, uncertain Senate future

11/06/19 6:35 AM By Philip Brasher

House Democrats are about to attempt something that Washington hasn’t been done in over three decades: Enact immigration reforms that would give farmers better access to foreign workers while offering legal status to their existing employees.

Washington Week Ahead: Court mulls Clean Water case, groups seek labor bill backing

11/03/19 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a Clean Water Act case with major implications for agriculture, while farm groups who back a bipartisan ag labor bill will be lobbying lawmakers ahead of an expected House committee debate.

Landmark ag labor bill would legalize workers, ease H-2A rules

10/30/19 4:30 PM By Philip Brasher

A bipartisan farm labor reform bill released Wednesday would expand the H-2A program to year-round workers and provide farms relief on wage rates, while offering legal status to existing agricultural workers who are undocumented.

Labor, ag groups critical of proposed overhaul of H-2A wage rates

09/25/19 6:20 AM By Philip Brasher

Industry groups say the Trump administration's plan to make the H-2A farmworker visa program easier for growers to use would instead drive up their labor costs and create new wage disparities.

Washington Week Ahead: Bill to keep farm payments flowing nears finish line

09/22/19 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher

The Senate is expected to clear a stopgap spending bill this week that will keep the government operating and trade-aid payments flowing to farmers after the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1.

Buttigieg proposes repopulating rural areas with immigrants

08/13/19 4:20 PM By Philip Brasher and Delaney Howell

Pete Buttigieg, making a bid for rural voters in Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses, proposed Tuesday to repopulate struggling communities by offering special visas to immigrants who agree to move to those towns.

US-Mexico rift far from over and still a trade threat

06/12/19 6:47 AM By Bill Tomson

President Donald Trump is blurring the lines between immigration and trade by continuing to threaten Mexico with tariffs for its border security policies. Ag sectors in both countries fear the lingering tensions may weigh heavily on their businesses as well as the fate of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

Washington Week in Review: Jan. 23, 2020: WOTUS, Trump and AFBF, MFP

The Trump administration rolled out new rulemaking to replace an Obama administration effort after speaking with a major farm organization's members earlier in the week. Agri-Pulse's Phil Brasher and Spencer Chase discuss the week's events in today's video.

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