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Farm Workers' Unions Applaud Immigration Bill Markup
Thu, 09 May 2013 10:48:35 CDT
The following is a joint statement issued by the Agriculture Workforce Coalition and the United Farm Workers in response to the Senate Judiciary Committee's Immigration Reform markup:
"The Agriculture Workforce Coalition (AWC) and the United Farm Workers (UFW) today applaud Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy for holding the markup of S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act.
"The comprehensive immigration reform proposal - including its agricultural provisions negotiated by the AWC and UFW - was introduced by a bipartisan group of Senators last month.
"The deal reached by the AWC and the UFW is a major step forward to finding a lasting solution to the issue of current and future agricultural labor in the U.S. Under the Senate proposal, undocumented farm workers would have the opportunity to obtain legal status by continuing to work in agriculture. The bill also includes critical labor protections for domestic and foreign workers.
"We would further like to thank Senators Dianne Feinstein, Marco Rubio, Michael Bennet, and Orrin Hatch for their efforts to build the atmosphere of trust and collaboration that helped make the AWC/UFW agreement possible.
"Agriculture-both employers and workers-stand united in support of the agriculture provisions contained in S. 744, and we look forward to working with Congress throughout this process."
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