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From McClatchyDC.com, Michael Doyle, 10 Feb 2012. WASHINGTON — California and Southern farmers renewed their case Thursday for some kind of an agricultural guest-worker program, but they’re sailing against the wind. Make that a hurricane. Buffeted by campaign-season currents and the inherent complications around immigration, the farmers this year face excruciatingly long odds as they … Continue reading
From NewsObserver.com, Gabriel Silverman, Medill News Service, 4 Nov 2011. Legal and undocumented agriculture workers perform the same, arduous tasks but only the legal few are guaranteed a higher wage, free housing and other perks. Undocumented workers would be willing to come to the U.S. legally, given the opportunity, they say. But many don’t know … Continue reading
From GPB.org, Georgia Public Broadcasting, Jeanne Bonner, 8 Aug 2011. ATLANTA, GA — State officials are eying a North Carolina coop program that makes it easier for small farmers to hire foreign guest workers. Many of Georgia’s large growers already employ such legal workers. The program could help farmers who continue to say Georgia’s new … Continue reading
From BeaumontEnterprise.com, Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press, 4 Jun 2011. WASHINGTON (AP) — The agriculture industry fears a disaster is on the horizon if the one bit of new immigration policy that Congress seems to agree on becomes law. A plan to require all American businesses to run their employees through E-Verify, a program that confirms … Continue reading
From ThePacker.com, Tom Karst, 14 Apr 2011. The warts of the H-2A guest worker program for agriculture were on display at an April 13 hearing of the House Judiciary subcommittee on immigration policy and enforcement. “Currently H-2A is too litigious, too expensive and too much of a bureaucratic morass at the three federal agencies that … Continue reading
From NumbersUSA.com, Jonathan Osborne, 13 Apr 2011. The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement hosted a hearing Wednesday morning titled “The H-2A Visa Program: Meeting the Growing Needs of American Agriculture?” The Congressmen in attendance were Elton Gallegly (Subcommittee Chairman) of California, Lamar Smith (Committee Chairman) of Texas, Steve King (Subcommittee Vice-Chairman) of … Continue reading
From CNN.com, Rafael Romo, CNN Senior Latin American Affairs Editor, 13 Apr 2011. Washington (CNN) — The agricultural industry in the United States could face a crisis if the country doesn’t find a way to attract more legal farm workers from abroad soon. That’s one of the conclusions reached Wednesday at a congressional hearing. The … Continue reading
From MiamiHerald.com, “Guest farm worker program not working, panel told” by Michael Doyle, McClatchy Newspapers,13 Apr 2011. WASHINGTON — Farmers and farm worker advocates alike voiced disdain Wednesday for a foreign guest-worker program that’s largely ignored in California, the nation’s leading farm state. But with Congress stymied, significant reform appears unlikely for the H-2A program … Continue reading
From FayObserver.com, “Growers group sues to clarify guest worker hiring rules” by Drew Brooks, Staff Writer, 17 Mar 2011. A Moore County-based nonprofit group that is the nation’s leading supplier of legal immigrant labor has filed a federal lawsuit seeking a judge’s clarification on rules about the hiring process. The lawsuit filed Friday by the … Continue reading
From NCGrowers.org, North Carolina Growers Association Inc. “2011 H-2A HOURLY WAGE RATE IS $9.30 PER HOUR,” 1 Mar 2011. Beginning on Tuesday, March 1, 2011, the guaranteed hourly minimum wage rate for H-2A workers and US workers doing the same work described in the comprehensive job description certified (approved) by the US Department of Labor will … Continue reading
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