Lawmakers eye immigrant farmworker legal status, protections
While some harvesting is handled by combines and similar machinery, there is still a great need for migrant farm workers across the U.S., including in the Columbia Basin. A new bill going through Congress seeks to address that issue and solidify the agriculture workforce.
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(The Center Square) – Bipartisan lawmakers reintroduced a bill designed to give immigrant farm workers an opportunity to pursue temporary legal status in the United States.
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