Posted on 12/12/2019 6:00:41 AM PST by Reno89519
The House on Wednesday passed a contentious agricultural bill that would likely put more than a million illegal immigrants on a pathway to legal status as part of what supporters say is a vital modernization of the industry’s workforce -- but that immigration hawks blasted as a “large-scale amnesty.”
The Farm Workforce Modernization Act passed 260-165, with support from both Democrats and Republicans. 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.
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And PLEASE, instead of sob stories about employers and illegal workers, how about the stories of displaced Americans and families of Americans killed or injured by illegal aliens?
Fresno Co. (home of FR) is the #1 Ag county in USA...so your answer is "his constituents". (At least most of them and definitely the ones with $$). I am not a fan of the amnesty, but I am not one of his big donors either.
So they essentially want to lock inmmigrants into farmwork for 5 years or so?
No, they want to screw American workers.
Bump
4 years of indentured servitude for green cards
Some of My German ancestors sold themselves for 7 years
Its still serfdom, but with benefits
“Veto this PDJT. We do not need any more grass crawling illegal invaders in our country.”
Yes totally agree.
Once those millionaires no become citizens... employers will be paying taxes and following labor rules. These millions will be out of a job and replaced by more illegals.
There is no way our leadership will hold them accountable.
FYI
H.R.5038 - Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3799124/posts
Farm bill panned as mass ‘amnesty’ for illegal immigrants heads to vote in House
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3800149/posts
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