US House Members Reintroduce Bill to Alleviate Farm Labor Shortage
- Bill passed House earlier, only to stall in the Senate
- Proposal also provides farm laborers pathway to green card
Farm workers in Greenfield, California.
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A bipartisan group of House lawmakers reintroduced legislation that would provide temporary immigration status for certain agricultural workers to help alleviate labor shortages in the farming sector.
The so-called Farm Workforce Modernization Act, which passed the House in 2021 before stalling in Senate, would streamline the process of getting a temporary visa for farm work and require electronic employment verification.