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February 28,
2008 Coalition presses growers, chains for better
wages
February 26, 2008
Visa changes could bring more foreign workers
Sweet corn “nightmare”
Agriculture veteran speaks on migrant labor issues
February 24, 2008
Health care for farm workers focus of conference
No more sweet corn?
A little more than 75,000 workers come to the
U.S. on H-2A visas, though up to an estimated 800,000 illegal immigrants
work on U.S. farms. As area farmers deal with the need for labor, they
are also confronted with housing issues for temporary workers
Konopnicki's guest worker bill passes committee
February 21, 2008
Magic Valley dairies working on immigration
reform
City OKs $2 million to shelter migrants
Catholic Charities gets building grant
Proposed Bill Signals Hope for Farmers and
Trouble for Rights Groups
February 20, 2008
Farmworker shelter project gets partial funding
Group to seek architectural drawings
February 19, 2008
Reform backers arrange forum
Immigration advocates to tell what's at stake in
upcoming election
Five Minutes With Dan Fazio, Washington Farm
Bureau, On Labor Issue
February 18, 2008
Farmworker house awaits approval
February 17, 2008
He crossed the U.S. border, into the maw of a
machine
February 15,
2008 Puerto Rico Department of Education Pays
U.S. Over $19 Million to Settle False Claims Involving Migrant Education
Program
A model development?
Collier leaders travel to Arcadia to check out
new project
Farmworker plan attacked by all sides
WHITE HOUSE WOULD MAKE MORE VISAS AVAILABLE
February 14, 2008
The vote offers a voice
February 13, 2008
U.S. farmers short on migrant workers move to
Mexico
3 Named to Manage Calif. Migrant Camp
Judge Names 3 to Help Find Solutions for to Health, Safety Violations at
Calif. Migrant Camp
Migrant workers: Could we survive without them?
Immokalee housing upgrade good idea but plan needs
more work, county says
State to rethink 271 charges in Ag-Mart case
February 12, 2008
Judge orders probe of Duroville park, delays
decision on closure
February 11, 2008
Yuba-Sutter's Cesar Chavez
Fight is personal for Farm Workers' director
February 9, 2008
Where have the immigrants gone?
Oklahoma law targeting illegal workers had some
unforeseen results
Some farms oppose ch
anges in ag-worker program
Many in state cool to farm fix Enforcement's key
in Bush plan.
February 8, 2008
Some Arizona lawmakers want state-run guest
worker program
Othello Green Camp fined Poor living conditions
for migrant workers cited
Reforms May Effect Immigrant Labor In GA
On the Border: The 'Virtual Fence' Isn't Working
Presidential candidates talk big about security
to the south, but so far electronic surveillance costing millions is
doing little to keep illegals out
February 7, 2008
U.S. guest worker proposal: Locally, plan sprouts
hope
Bush administration’s plan to streamline the
program has Central Coast farmers seeing more opportunities
Changes proposed for farm guest workers
Skeptical advocates and growers prefer a plan to
legalize illegal immigrants.
Changes Planned In Visa Program For Farmworkers
Proposal would lower foreign worker pay
Ariz. seeks to reshape immigrant farm labor
Governor urges update of federal visa program
American Farm Bureau Encouraged By Labor
Proposals
Farmworker rule changes proposed Some critical of
wage, housing provisions
White House Moves to Ease Guest Worker Program
February 6, 2008
Deputy U.S. Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner
said Wednesday farmers will welcome the proposed changes in rules for
hiring foreign migrant workers.
Overhaul set for guest-worker plan
February 5, 2008
Bill targets farm-labor ills
February 3, 2008
Senators to unveil farmworker bill
The effort is a way to help farmers obtain labor.
February 2, 2008
Migrant widow wins case against Loyd Farms
Jury awards $75,000 in suit over man's death
Freeze Was Berry Bad News
February 1, 2008
Growers told immigration reform unlikely before
2010
Farmers Use More Legal Guest Workers
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