Archive for June 28th, 2007
AgJOBS even more critical with defeat of immigration bill
The following email was circulated this morning by Farmworker Justice and is reposted by permission. AgJOBS is the Agricultural Jobs, Benefits, and Security Act; it addresses immigration issues specific to agricultural workers and includes measures for earned legalization and for reform of the current H-2A guest worker program. See here for more information.
Senate Filibuster [...]
Posted: June 28th, 2007 under AgJOBS, farm workers, immigration, in the news, undocumented.
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Immigration reform will have to wait
Today, 53 US Senators voted against bringing the immigration reform bill forward, effectively killing the bill and, for the time being, the hopes of 12 million undocumented workers in the US who have been waiting for a solution to the immigration question.
Oregon’s senators were split, with Ron Wyden voting in favor of cloture, or ending [...]
Posted: June 28th, 2007 under immigration, in the news, poverty, undocumented.
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