immigration

Blinken, AMLO meet on immigration

“Significant,” “important” progress was made in discussions on immigration between Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and U.S. secretary...

1 year ago 3 minute read

Catholic leaders address immigration issues

On December 21, the Center for Migration Studies of New York brought together some Catholic leaders for a Zoom conference...

1 year ago 3 minute read

Looking beyond the immigration stalemate

The British weekly The Economist is one of the world’s most influential news magazines. Despite its manifest oddities, it is...

1 year ago 3 minute read

Challenges to Florida’s immigration bill

Several organizations have announced that they will file a federal suit against Florida’s Senate Bill 1718, which was signed by...

2 years ago 3 minute read

Farm labor reform act reintroduced in Congress

At this point, one can exasperatedly wonder what it will take to make the Farm Workforce Modification Act (FWMA) into...

2 years ago 4 minute read

New immigration reform act introduced in the House

News about the U.S. House of Representatives has focused obsessively about the debt ceiling deal. In its wake, a new...

2 years ago 3 minute read

Baby busts on both sides of the border

I’m always fascinated when I come across one news story that dovetails with another from a different source. Over the...

2 years ago 3 minute read

IFPA members testify at Senate hearing on labor

Washington D.C. – International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA) BB #:378962 members testified at the May 31 Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing...

2 years ago 4 minute read

IFPA criticizes Department of Labor H-2A wage revisions

March 1, 2023 — The Department of Labor released the Final Rule regarding the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) for...

2 years ago 2 minute read

Congress fails to include ag labor reform in omnibus spending bill

December 20, 2022 – Newark, DE. and Washington, D.C. – The International Fresh Produce Association BB #:378962, the largest and...

2 years ago 3 minute read

Farm Bureau doesn’t support ag labor reform bill

Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) sponsored and is looking for support for the Affordable and Secure Food Act, introduced December 15....

2 years ago 1 minute read

A glimmer of hope for ag labor reform

A bipartisan compromise bill for immigration reform appears dead, according to news reports, but a separate, smaller farm worker bill...

2 years ago 3 minute read

The last legs of Title 42

Title 42 appears to be on its last legs. This measure was implemented by the previous presidential administration as a...

2 years ago 4 minute read

IFPA calls for immigration reform at ‘Leading the Way’ conference

“Farmers can only grow what they can pick. Our current immigration system is shackling our ability to increase food production...

2 years ago 5 minute read

President Biden’s future legacy

I am deliberately writing this on the day of the election. So nothing I say can be taken as reflecting...

2 years ago 4 minute read

Immigration reform remains a long shot

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  The fresh produce industry desperately needs labor and better certainty for the foreign workers it uses, both...

3 years ago 4 minute read

IFPA hopes this is the year for ag immigration reform

It’s been attempted for decades, but the International Fresh Produce Association’s BB #:378962 government relations group is cautiously optimistic for...

3 years ago 3 minute read

IFPA members urge senate action on immigration reform

WASHINGTON – International Fresh Produce Association BB #:378962 members spearheaded a press conference today along with other members of the...

3 years ago 4 minute read
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