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The Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (AWPA or MSPA) (public law 97-470) (January 14, 1983), codified at 29 U.S.C. §§ 1801-1872, is the main federal law that protects farm workers in the United States and repealed and replaced the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act (P.L. 88-582).
Newhouse believes his Farm Workforce Modernization Act, which will bolster farms through increased legal migrant guest workers, will help bridge that gap and keep farmers in business while they ...
Both states have seen an increase in migrant farm workers since 2015, the farthest back the Department of Homeland Security keeps public state by state data on H-2A visas.
A recent study shows that from 2006 to 2022, the average age of a U.S.-born crop production worker rose from 39.6 years to 40.6 years — but for migrant crop workers, the jump was from 37.2 years ...
Migrant farm workers were recruited in Texas by America's Tempcorps to work in Case Farm's Ohio-based chicken processing plant. They were given a bus ticket and $20 for three days of food. Upon arriving they found themselves living in conditions called "distressing and deplorable" by the court.
Farm Workforce Modernization Act; Long title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for terms and conditions for nonimmigrant workers performing agricultural labor or services, and for other purposes. Announced in: the 118th United States Congress: Number of co-sponsors: 17: Legislative history
The lawsuit, filed by Southern Migrant Legal Services and Kentucky attorney Daniel J. Canon, alleges Eldridge fired several of the plaintiffs for speaking candidly with investigators from the U.S ...
[6] [7] Under the system, the work sponsors are often contractors who recruit and oversee the migrant workers and negotiate a work contract with farm owners for their labor. [ 2 ] Some advocates for immigration reform , including President Teresa Romero of the United Farm Workers (UFW) labor union , [ 8 ] argue that migrant workers involved in ...