UFW, GROWERS AGREE: WE NEED REAL REFORM,
NOT BAND-AIDS. PASS AGJOBS TO
SECURE AMERICA’S FOOD SUPPLY
Joint statement by UFW and Agricultural Employers:
“Concerns over immigration and undocumented employees cannot be fixed with the types of band-aid solutions Homeland Security is offering. Proposing new regulations, which neither address the real issues nor take effect until months after harvest time, is not realistic or even practical.
“Agricultural employers are desperate for a legal workforce for the current harvest season. Farm workers cannot suffer another year living in the shadows of our society.
“A real solution, which already has strong bipartisan support, such as AgJOBS, is what farm workers and agricultural employers need to ensure America has a safe food supply grown in the United States, and the agricultural industry has a legal, stable and valued workforce.”
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