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Go Nakamura/Getty Images 25 Jun 2021 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas used his visit to the United States-Mexico border with Vice President Kamala Harris to tout amnesty for illegal aliens. On Friday, during a press conference in El Paso, Texas, alongside Harris, Mayorkas said he was “hopeful” that an amnesty for illegal aliens would be approved by Congress. “I am hopeful that Congress will pass immigration reform to fix a system that everyone recognizes is broke and I am thankful for [Sen. Dick Durbin’s] years-long effort and championing this effort,...

Democrats Tie Amnesty to Labor Giveaway to Agriculture Employers 8 Mar 2021 The Democrat-led Farm Workforce Modernization Act 0f 2021 offers a flood of cheap labor in agriculture and provides a pathway to citizenship to 1.5 million illegal farm workers. GOP support for the bill would be a suicide pact, Rosemary Jenks, policy director at NumbersUSA, told Breitbart News. “It would be a ridiculous short-term view of their own personal self-interest —  they should be looking five years out, 10 years out, but they’re looking at tomorrow and the 2022 election,” she said. “They will be a...

Democrats Tie Amnesty to Labor Giveaway to Agriculture Employers 8 Mar 2021 The Democrat-led Farm Workforce Modernization Act 0f 2021 offers a flood of cheap labor in agriculture and provides a pathway to citizenship to 1.5 million illegal farm workers. GOP support for the bill would be a suicide pact, Rosemary Jenks, policy director at NumbersUSA, told Breitbart News. “It would be a ridiculous short-term view of their own personal self-interest —  they should be looking five years out, 10 years out, but they’re looking at tomorrow and the 2022 election,” she said. “They will be a...

The United Fresh Produce Association BB #:145458 sent this member alert: March 4, 2021 — Bipartisan legislation titled the Farm Workforce Modernization Act has been reintroduced by the Chairwoman of Immigration and Citizenship Subcommittee Chairwoman of Immigration Subcommittee Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Congressman Dan Newhouse (R-WA) last night. This is the same agriculture immigration bill that was passed in the House of Representatives in 2019. The legislation has the support of Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle and is expected to come to the House floor before ...

Industry associations support bipartisan Farm Workforce Modernization Act Industry associations support the reintroduction of the bipartisan Farm Workforce Modernization Act, H.R. 1537. “The Farm Workforce Modernization Act introduced by Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Representative Dan Newhouse (R-WA) is a testament to the efforts the agriculture industry and our friends in labor and the bipartisan members of Congress who are supporting this legislation,” said Tom Stenzel, CEO of the United Fresh Produce Association. “There remains work to be done to address our industry’s labor c...