Amid Immigration Crackdowns, Lawmakers Reintroduce Farm Workforce Reforms

Photo: Farmworkers pick strawberries at Lewis Taylor Farms […] USDA photo by Lance Cheung via Flickr. Public domain. Article by Brian Calvert. Civil Eats – May 12, 2025.

May 12, 2025 – House lawmakers have resurrected a bill to help bolster immigrant farm labor amid Trump administration crackdowns on immigrants that have swept up farmworkers and labor organizers. In a bipartisan effort, Representatives Dan Newhouse (R-Washington) and Zoe Lofgren (D-California) last week reintroduced the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, a bill that would provide pathways for non-citizens to legally work on farms while reforming the H-2A visa program. […]

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