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The Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits and Security Act
(“AgJOBS”) represents a major compromise between farmworker
advocates (led by the United Farm Workers) and major agricultural
employers to address the agricultural immigration crisis. AgJOBS
contains two main parts: (1) an “earned legalization” program
enabling many undocumented farmworkers and H-2A guestworkers to earn
a “blue card” temporary immigration status with the possibility of
becoming permanent residents of the U.S. by continuing to work in
agriculture and meeting other requirements; and (2) revisions
to the existing H-2A temporary foreign agricultural worker program.
AgJOBS enjoys bipartisan majority support and is endorsed by a broad
spectrum of organizations, including Latino community leaders, civil
rights organizations, religious groups and farmworkers themselves.
For more information about AgJOBS and to find out what you can do to help pass AgJOBS, please
visit the pages below:
What is AgJOBS?
– this section contains general information about AgJOBS, including
legislative language, summaries, information about cosponsors, and
worker education material.
Status of AgJOBS-
this section contains updated information about the current status
of AgJOBS and the likelihood of its passage this Congress.
Actions
for AgJOBS -
this section contains photos and information about recent events
addressing agricultural labor needs and AgJOBS. It includes
Executive Director Bruce Goldstein's testimony at a House
Agriculture Committee hearing, the October 2007 Farmworker Lobby
Week, and a June 2007 press conference addressing the need for
AgJOBS.
Alternatives to AgJOBS
– this section includes descriptions of alternative legislative
proposals to AgJOBS by the White House and in the Senate and House
of Representatives.
AgJOBS History
- this section contains historical information about the debate
leading to the AgJOBS compromise and the history of AgJOBS in the
108th Congress.
Farmworkers and
Comprehensive
Immigration Reform
– this section contains information about proposed legislation and
congressional debates addressing comprehensive immigration as it
relates to farmworkers. It also includes resources for more
detailed information about comprehensive immigration reform.
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