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Bill number(s) Date introduced Sponsor(s) # of cosponsors Latest status 116th Congress: Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019 H.R. 5038: November 12, 2019 Zoe Lofgren(D-CA) 62 Passed in the House (260 - 165). [8] H.R. 4916: September 30, 2019 46 Died in Committee 117th Congress: Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2021 H.R. 1537: March 3, 2021
March 8, 2021: Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2021: 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. H.R. 1619: March 8, 2021: Catawba Indian Nation Lands Act
The law did not provide a legal way for the great number of low-skilled workers wishing to enter the United States. Following this 1986 law, almost 12 million undocumented workers came illegally across the U.S. border. It was estimated that this illegal workforce made up about five percent of the U.S. workforce.
Apple and fruit tree producers have lost about 1/3 of their workforce since 2018. ‘Gone for good.’ U.S. workers flee farms, leaving WA growers struggling under old rules
Farmers across the U.S. are joining a push for national immigration reform that they say could ease labor shortages and lower food prices as surging production
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Democrats have indicated they are unlikely to take up this bill immediately, instead focusing on advancing piecemeal legislation in the form of the American Dream and Promise Act of 2021 and the Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2021. [26] Joe Biden has indicated that he would be open to this piecemeal approach. [27]
That is exactly what the Farm Workforce Modernization Act (FWMA) allows. The FWMA favors work solutions over monetary bandages, aligns closely with recent recommendations of a Congressional ...