National Ag News

Legislation has been introduced in the U.S. Senate that would help undocumented farmworkers earn legal status.

California Senator and bill sponsor Dianne Feinstein says farms continue to struggle finding employees and increasing fears about being deported have stopped many from coming to work this season.  “The people who feed us should have an opportunity to work here legally and that’s what we do in this bill that we are proposing.”

The Agricultural Worker Program Act of 2017 would provide farmworkers who worked in agriculture at least 100 days over last two years a blue card and protect them from deportation.

Continue reading New legislation provides farmworkers path to legal status at Brownfield Ag News.