#guest worker program

Significant Support for Farm Workforce Modernization Act

The Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019 that was introduced by Representatives Zoe Lofgren and Dan Newhouse is receiving significant support from the agricultural industry.  The bipartisan bill seeks to reform the ag labor system through improvements to the H-2A agricultural visa program and assist immigrant farm laborers already working in the U.S.

“This comprehensive legislation…

House Vote on Guest Worker Bill in Doubt

House Republican leaders appear to be going back on a promise to hold a vote ahead of the August recess on a conservative immigration bill that includes a new guest-worker program for farmers. Back in June, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy promised several members there would be a vote.

Politico says House Republican leaders now don’t have any plans to take up the guest-worker program before…

Everett Griner talks about hog farming in today’s Agri View. Raising hogs is hard work. Everett checks out what the new Guest Worker Program may do for hog farming and pork production. http://agnetwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/av010818.mp3

Conaway Supports House Guest Worker Bill

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway offered his approval to a bill that would bring reforms to agriculture labor. Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee approves the Ag Act, which supporters say would replace the flawed H-2A guestworker program. Conaway says the bill would help provide farmers with access to a legal, steady supply of workers. Saying, it’s time for a program that…

Goodlatte Guest Worker Bill Up for Committee Vote Wednesday

A committee vote is planned Wednesday (Oct. 4) for the agriculture guest worker revamp bill in the House of Representatives. Virginia Republican Representative Bob Goodlatte introduced the bill Monday, and vowed to push for a “tight timetable.” The bill, according to Politico, would essentially scrap H-2A in its current form, rename the visa program H-2C and house it within the Department of…

Proposed Guest Worker Plan to Replace H-2A Worker Program

Virginia Republican Representative Bob Goodlatte will introduce a bill the week of September 25th that would replace the H-2A guest worker program. The bill is titled the Agricultural Guestworker Act and would replace the program that many in agriculture use to find labor. A Packer Dot Com article says Goodlatte, Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, told the United Fresh Produce Conference in…

Ben Carson Says We Need A Guest Worker Program Because Americans JUST WON’T WORK Harder JOBS

In this interview with Greta on Fox News, Ben Carson explained why he thought Trump’s “deport em all” policy was unworkable and why a guest worker program makes more sense.

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I’m not sure I agree completely with Ben Carson on that  – as far as I’ve heard, the component price of produce having to do with labor is about…