With Nearly Half of U.S. Farmworkers Undocumented, Ending Illegal Immigration Could Devastate Economy
On 4/21/21 at 12:38 PM EDT
As heated conversations about U.S. immigration focus on migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border, a quiet scenario plays out on farms across the country thousands of undocumented workers tending and picking the crops put food on American tables and fill cargo ships that supply the world.
America s reliance on migrant agricultural workers is a secret hiding in plain sight.
In New York s Hudson Valley, a historic apple farm utilizes a legal process for hiring migrant workers the H-2A Temporary Agricultural Workers program. It enables Minard s Family Farm to legally hire migrants on a seasonal basis, and includes protections for both migrant and domestic workers that can result in fines if violations occur.
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DREAMERS Confront Texas Senators Demanding Citizenship NOW!
By Gloria Rubac posted on April 14, 2021
Mariachi Calmecac performs at action outside Sen. Ted Cruz’s home.
Young activists with United We Dream held demonstrations outside the office of Texas Sen. John Cornyn and the house of Sen. Ted Cruz April 6 in Houston. They contend that lives are on the line and demand passage of the DREAM Act, the SECURE Act for people with Temporary Protected Status and the Farm Workforce Modernization Act.
As protesters arrived, the group Mariachi Calmecac fired up their instruments and played old favorites, including La Cucaracha [the cockroach] with a reference to Ted Cruz. News reporters interviewed the youth. There were homemade signs as well as preprinted ones, all in support of immigrants and DREAMERS, TPSers and farmworkers.
OLYMPIA, Wash. Lawmakers in Congress, including Eastern Washington Representative Dan Newhouse, are working on a bill that would give farmworkers a path to citizenship, but multiple farmworker groups would like to see it die in the Senate for a second time.
The Farm Workforce Modernization Act, co-sponsored by Newhouse (R-WA) and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), passed the House in 2019 before stalling in the Senate.
It was reintroduced on March 3, 2021. According to a press release, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, aims to ensure a legal, reliable workforce for America’s farmers and ranchers.
“American agriculture is desperately in need of a legal, reliable workforce. The Farm Workforce Modernization Act is a solution – negotiated in good faith by agriculture groups, labor representatives, and Members on both sides of the aisle – that will do just that,” said Rep. Newhouse. “As one of only a few farmers in Congress, I understand the invaluable contributions our produ
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