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Republican senators from across the country are calling on congressional leaders to move legislation that would freeze the Adverse Effect Wage Rate at 2023 levels.

If it was an easy fix a long time ago they would have done it but the tactics of the way they dealt with it have been abysmal. everyone has been upset and frustrated. i want there to be as many votes as possible, put people in the record but when issue at a time and if you are going to throw the ag worker component on top of a lot of people, i believe we need a guest worker program but need to make sure when they come to this country legally and lawfully they exit the country, 40% of the people ...

Has proposed is the same failed policies of the pafst. now it is report to work if you are an ag worker and they criminalized everyone of the 11 misdemeanor people. i think when they understand the magnitude of the demand and the depth of this demand that they continue to call 11 million people criminals and children in our communities see their parents and people at church see people who are sitting in the pews and teachers see their students? theyre going to understand that our community reall...

>> some businesses are against it. the u.s. chamber are worried whether or not it is practical or done and implemented in the time frame we are talking about. i think those issues can be worked out and if you are a small farmer tis tough to necessarily verify through the verify system that the ag- worker is someone you can actually hire. we need to reform the ag- worker system so we can bring in to the country those people who will harvest our crops and work on farms which "americans" will not d...