guest workers

The Spanish-language press keeps its attention on the postponed meeting between President Barack Obama and Senators Charles Schumber (D-NY) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) to discuss the legislative prospects of an immigration reform bill. The meeting has been rescheduled for tomorrow. Continue »

United Farm Workers (UFW) is urging advocates to add their voices in support of proposed regulations announced by the Biden administration that, if finalized, would reduce abuse, exploitation and trafficking of the H-2A guest farmworkers who help feed the nation. And you can help (see below). In a number... Continue »

A new report released today probes into the federal H-2A agricultural guest worker program designed to provide farmers and harvesters with a legal workforce, and discovers that the program has grown rife with abuse and is sorely lacking in legal protections for these guest workers. Continue »

You may not see them, but they are very much welcome guests at our Thanksgiving table. Most of us won’t actually see the farm and meatpacking workers at our family feast this year, but that doesn’t mean their presence won’t be felt or should go unappreciated. From delicious side... Continue »

Farmers “will imminently face severe challenges accessing a sufficient and legal supply of labor to sustain current food production levels,” the department quietly conceded Donald Trump’s mass detention and deportation policies are posing an “immediate” danger to our nation’s food supply by driving away skilled immigrant farm workers and... Continue »

America needs the work and skills of immigrants, particularly during times when essential industries like healthcare, childcare, and construction are facing critical labor shortages. In Georgia, which has been experiencing “significant” shortages in some of these areas in recent years, the GOP-led state legislature is looking to address this... Continue »

Donald Trump, who last year became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes, spent the entire 2024 campaign falsely equating all immigrants as “criminals” in order to minimize the political fallout of his unpopular “bloody” mass deportation agenda. Following his win in November, some elected Republicans,... Continue »