‘No Amnesty’: House GOP Divided over Immigration Bill that Would Allow Illegal Immigrant Farm Workers to Remain in US
- The Securing Agriculture's Workforce Act of 2026, introduced by Rep. Glenn Thompson with 50 co-sponsors, would allow illegal immigrant farm workers to gain temporary legal status via an expanded H-2A visa program that offers up to three-year visas and allows year-round work without facing deportation or fines.
- Supporters, including farm groups and farmworker advocates, argue the bill addresses long-standing farm labor shortages, prevents disruptions in food production, and supports family farms facing financial challenges.
- Critics, including some House Republicans and conservative activists, contend that the bill amounts to amnesty, threatens rural economies by replacing American workers with low-wage foreign labor, and may increase tax burdens and harm local businesses in rural communities.
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New Republican Amnesty Bill Ignites Ire Of Immigration Hardliners
A new Republican-backed bill that would grant amnesty to illegal immigrant agricultural workers is facing an onslaught of criticism from immigration hawks. House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA) recently introduced the Securing Agriculture’s Workforce Act to provide illegal immigrant farmworkers with a path to temporary legal status. Gregory Bovino, who led the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation sweeps in Minneap…
Jenks: GOP H-2A Amnesty Bill Would Create 'Serf Class' in Rural America
Fifty GOP representatives are pushing a high-migration bill that will rip the economic guts from their rural districts, says Rosemary Jenks, founder of the Immigration Accountability Project. The post Jenks: GOP H-2A Amnesty Bill Would Create ‘Serf Class’ in Rural America appeared first on Breitbart.
‘No amnesty’: House GOP divided over immigration bill that would allow illegal immigrant farm workers to remain in US
The House Bill is an overhaul of the H-2A seasonal migrant worker program, which employers use to hire foreign workers when domestic labor is difficult to obtain.
De facto amnesty: Nearly 50 House Republicans push bill letting illegal-alien farm workers off the hook * WorldNetDaily * by Jim Hoft, The Gateway Pundit
An applicant must have either voluntarily departed the U.S. or have been unlawfully present in the country on May 31, 2026
The bipartisan farm bill that also grows amnesty
A new House bill will grant amnesty to illegal aliens — if they've picked enough fruit.H.R. 9535, the "Securing Agriculture's Workforce Act," was introduced at the end of last month by Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.), chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture. It has roughly 50 bipartisan co-sponsors and does two things under one name.'The sad fact is that American citizens just don't want to do this type of work.'On paper, the bill rewrites ex…
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