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Immigration News
- 01/22/2021 Fresh Fruit Portal: Biden’s immigration reform “fundamentally different” in emancipating farmworkers – UFW
- 01/22/2021 Yahoo! life: President Biden’s Immigration Reform Bill Praised by Restaurant and Farmworker Groups
- 01/22/2021 NBC Palm Springs: New proposal offers fast-track to citizenship for farm workers, protects DACA recipients
- 01/21/2021 Food and Wine: President Biden’s Immigration Reform Bill Praised by Restaurant and Farmworker Groups
- 01/20/2021 Los Angeles Times: Biden to offer legal status to 11 million immigrants, plans to stop border wall construction
- 01/20/2021 Reuters: Factbox: Here’s how Biden plans to roll back Trump’s immigration policies
- 01/20/2021 NPR: On Immigration, Biden Goes Big In Opening Bid To Congress
- 01/20/2021 Business Insider: Biden unveils immigration proposal that offers green cards and overtime pay to farm workers and a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers
- 01/20/2021 Desert Sun: Biden immigration plan: Undocumented farmworkers could apply for green cards immediately
- 01/20/2021 CBS News: Biden plan would offer legal status to farm workers, “Dreamers” and other undocumented immigrants
- 01/20/2021 UFW/UFWF: Biden’s immigration bill is ‘fundamentally different’ than any previous U.S. president in ‘emancipating farm workers’
- 01/19/2021 Today: Where do undocumented food workers fit in the vaccine rollout plan?
- 01/18/2021 The Packer: U.S. Department of Labor issues final rule on H-2A changes
- 01/18/2021 The Daily Tar Heel: North Carolina farmworkers already dealing with pandemic stress avoid wage freeze
- 01/15/2021 Huffington Post: Democrats Call For Fast-Tracking Citizenship For Undocumented Essential Workers
- 01/15/2021 Successful Farming: Secretary Perdue issues statement on modernization of H-2A visa program
- 01/15/2021 The Salinas Californian: Central Coast Chat: United Farm Workers Foundation rep discusses agriculture and immigration
- 01/15/2021 Politico: Democrats ready immigration push for Biden’s early days
- 01/14/2021 Lancaster Farming: Green Cards Could Be Solution to Filling Farm Jobs
- 01/14/2021 Yakima Herald-Republic: Washington growers urge Inslee to reconsider farmworker housing rules, focus on testing and vaccinations
- 01/12/2021 The Salinas Californian: The Californian hosts virtual forum on farming, immigration, and agriculture
- 01/11/2021 US Senate Committee of Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry: Ranking Member Stabenow Leads Advocates in Urging USDA to Prioritize Protections for Food Workers
- 01/11/2021 The Nation: Housing Is a Right. During a Pandemic, It’s Also a Fight.
- 01/06/2021 AgNet West: H-2A Wage Freeze Blocked by Federal Judge Ruling
- 12/30/2020 The Fordham Observer: The People Who Should Have Won People of the Year