Half of farmworkers, perhaps 1.25 million people, are believed to be undocumented. By
3/17/2021 The Democrat-controlled House put a bill giving legal status to undocumented farmworkers and streamlining the H-2A guestworker program on the legislative fast track on Tuesday. Party leaders hope to score a victory this week on a popular idea an earlier version of the bill passed with bipartisan backing in 2019 even as support for comprehensive immigration reform is lacking. Representatives voted, 216-204, to limit debate on the bill to one hour and to bar amendments, assuring speedy handling. The bill has Democratic and Republican sponsors and broad, though not universal, support among farm groups. “This is a compromise,” said sponsor Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a California Democrat, that assures a legal and reliable workforce for agricultural employers.
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