farm workers

USCIS Can’t Get Enough of Unlimited Ag Visas

A curious memo from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently touted “expansion of labor pathways” for foreign farmworkers into…

Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing on Farmworker Amnesty

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing titled “Immigrant Farmworkers are Essential to Feeding America.” The hearing largely…

Farm Groups Pressure Senate for More Foreign Farmworkers

The Agricultural Workforce Coalition (AWC), a group of farming and agricultural organizations, sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck…

Agriculture Department Moves to Make Foreign Farm Workers Cheaper

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a notice in the Federal Register that they will refuse to collect the wage…

U.S. ‘Waives’ Through Foreign Farm Hands as Unemployment Soars

In the face of skyrocketing unemployment, the federal government continues to put foreign workers on a fast track for U.S.…