Nowhere is there a greater need for immigration reform than in agriculture. It is estimated that 1.5 million laborers — or 60 percent of the nation’s 2.5 million farm workers — are undocumented. These ...
The debate over immigration amnesty could soon return to the Senate floor. According to press reports, Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA) plans to attach the proposed Agricultural Job Opportunities, ...
In the workplace world of immigrant labor, high-profile raids are out, for now. I-9 audits are in. Employers, rather than employees, are the primary worksite targets of U.S. Immigration and Customs ...
WASHINGTON — Farmers, immigrants and their Capitol Hill allies are hoping to graft an agricultural guest-worker plan onto the multibillion-dollar farm bill. California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein ...
Gov. Christine Gregoire is the latest vocal supporter of AgJobs legislation that continues to languish in Congress, joining U.S. Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell of late in urging its passage.
© Copyright Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc. Washington, Sept. 24 – Mixing satire with serious concern about two million, often illegal, migrant farm workers, TV ...
A coalition of groups representing farm workers and employers says those it represents have the best opportunity in years to win congressional approval of legislation overhauling immigration rules for ...
WASHINGTON — Western growers and union activists are scrambling for a fix after the comprehensive immigration bill on which they'd pinned their hopes collapsed Thursday. Facing long odds, some ...