Posted on 12/11/2019 2:30:50 PM PST by seacapn
As all eyes are on the House impeachment inquiry, elsewhere an agricultural bill that could provide a path to legal status for millions of illegal immigrants is rumbling through the chamber — leading immigration hawks to accuse lawmakers of trying to sneak in an amnesty while the nation is distracted.
The Farm Workforce Modernization Act, passed in the House Judiciary Committee last month, is scheduled for a vote on the House floor Wednesday. The bill provides a process for undocumented farmworkers to seek a temporary five-and-a-half-year “Certified Agricultural Worker” status if they have worked for approximately six months in the industry in the last two years.
That status can either be renewed indefinitely, or workers (along with their spouses and children) can begin a path to permanent legal status in the form of a green card. That path, according to the legislation, includes background checks and $1,000 fine.
To secure the green card, those who have worked in agriculture for 10 years or more must work for four more years, while those who've spent less than a decade in the sector would have to work eight more years. Once workers receive a green card, they are then free to pursue work in fields outside of agriculture...
The bill has the support of at least 23 Republicans, a number of whom are co-sponsoring the legislation -- likely assuring its passage in the House and raising the possibility that a form of such a bill could have a shot in the Republican-controlled Senate. Among the dozens of Democratic co-sponsors is House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., who's also playing a lead role in the impeachment effort.
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HR 5038 favors illegal workers and keeps their wages low. 3 Repub among the 24 cosponsors voted NO. The senate need to kill this bill are the Pres needs to veto read the damn bill before you vote on it.5038 is a bad bill helps only Big Arg business This has passed the House now in the senate
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LOL. More coolies.
Kids don’t work during high school anymore and parents coddle their kids and keep them from getting work skills, ethics and instead encourage sports, music programs and don’t want to stress or overload their kids with working while going to school.You never see kids in the winter shoveling anymore for money, or paper routes or raking leaves, etc. Nope their sitting in front of their TV playing games.
Mine is Roy Blunt. The ag people love him and he loves big ag and also the Chamber of Commerce.
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