Labor Protections for Immigrant Food Workers at Stake in 2024 ...

A Biden administration policy shields immigrants who report on workplace abuses. It could face an uncertain future—and so could visa policies.

US Department of Labor finalizes farmworker protection rule

The rule targets vulnerability and abuses experienced by workers under the H-2A program that undermine fair labor standards for all farmworkers in the US.

Immigrant Workers Are the Backbone of Our Food System - Civil Eats

Immigrant food system workers toil in the nation's restaurants, farms, and food processing facilities, and have some of the least visible but ...

A New Rule to Improve Protections for Farmworkers

Enhancing protections to help prevent human trafficking and labor exploitation by expressly prohibiting employers from holding or confiscating a ...

'Mass deportations would disrupt the food chain': Californians warn ...

“Without undocumented immigrant labor, we wouldn't be able to sustain a food supply at the capacity that we have right now,” said Ana Padilla, ...

Immigrant Workers Plead for Swift Action on Pending Deportation ...

At a picket, dozens demand action from the New York State Department of Labor to fast track approvals for whistleblowers and victims of labor ...

Biden's worker protection policy for immigrants could be at risk after ...

A Biden-era policy protects immigrant workers who report workplace abuses, but its future and key visa programs may be at risk after the 2024 election.

Farmworkers Are Organizing to Resist Trump's Attacks on Immigrant ...

Beyond mass deportations and workplace raids, there's the prospect of regulatory rollbacks around heat and pesticide protections and the ramping ...

Agriculture Labor & Immigration Reform | American Dairy Farms ...

NMPF strongly supports efforts to pass agriculture labor reform that provides permanent legal status to current workers and their families.

Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural ...

The Department of Labor (Department or DOL) is amending its regulations governing the certification of temporary employment of nonimmigrant ...

Amid Deadly Heat, Migrant Farm Workers are Keeping Americans Fed

WASHINGTON DC, July 2, 2024—New data analysis by the American Immigration Council found that migrant farm workers are playing a key role in ...

Feeding America: How Immigrants Sustain US Agriculture

Instead, most individuals are brought to the U.S. by employer associations and other farm labor contractors that charge a fee — normally around ...

Farmworkers and Immigration: Priorities for Reform

Currently, employers may hire foreign workers on temporary visas through the H-2A temporary foreign agricultural worker program. The H-2A program does not limit ...

The essential workers missing from the farm bill

Food processing and food service workers fared better in New Deal legislation, but there are still significant gaps in worker protections in ...

Farm Labor Stabilization and Protection Pilot Grant Program

An effective H-2A visa program is critical to the resiliency of the food and agricultural supply chain. This pilot program will aim to address challenges that ...

How presidential election could alter life for immigrant farmworkers

Donald Trump says he'll deport millions of undocumented workers, including many who work in the agriculture industry.

DALE: Working Towards a Just Future for All Workers | NIPNLG

Applicants, if approved, receive a work permit and temporary protection from deportation for two years. This policy promotes fairness, safety, ...

The Importance of Immigrant Labor to the US Economy

It also argues that legalizing the undocumented workforce, instead of deporting them, and creating legal avenues for immigrant workers would ...

Are immigrants taking jobs from 'native' U.S. workers? Here's what ...

Labor economists say immigrants benefit the overall job market and economy. There's an ongoing debate about impact on wages for workers without ...

Farm Labor - USDA ERS

... workforce. Among the small share of remaining migrant workers, the largest group is "shuttlers," who work at a single farm location more ...