United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Immigration News
- 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
- 12/29/2020 Perishable News: Federal Judge Rejects USDA Changes to H-2A Program
- 12/28/2020 DTN The Progressive Farmer: Injunction Granted on H2A Wage Freeze
- 12/28/2020 Idaho Statesman: Idaho farmers back Trump admin’s plan to lower H-2A wages, but it looks doomed to fail
- 12/27/2020 KMALand: Trump Administration effort to lower H-2A wages looks doomed
- 12/24/2020 The Fresno Bee: Merced judge orders Foster Farms plant to follow COVID-19 safety rules ahead of hearing
- 12/24/2020 Agri-Pulse: Judge blocks H-2A wage rate freeze, reforms
- 12/24/2020 Courthouse News Service: Judge Blocks Federal Wage Freeze on Farmworkers
- 12/23/2020 Center for Public Integrity: Hidden hardship: Guest farmworkers with visas died of COVID-19 in obscurity while Trump planned wage freezes
- 12/21/2020 Las Cruces Sun News: Migrant farmworkers think twice about travel amid COVID-19, lower earnings
- 12/19/2020 USA Today: As COVID-19 vaccine rolls out, undocumented immigrants fear retribution for seeking dose