Discussion of Immigration Legislation

 

For a discussion of the developments of the new bills.  HR 6 and HR 1603,   In Spanish go to

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Farmworker bill.

 

the Farm Modernization Workforce Act, aims to provide a path to citizenship for farm workers who are living in the country illegally. Thirty-four Republicans supported this legislation last Congress.

 

Title 1 is new.
Goal is Securing the Domestic Agricultural Workforce.
 It includes,  Temporary status for up to 5 years, renewable.

         ability to bring family as dependents, 
                  must stay in U.S. for all but 90 days per year.
After renewal, ( 10 years)  can apply for permanent resident status.

Title 2. is revision of the existing H-2 A; Temporary Workers program.    
                           With new conditions.
                           Some of these conditions have existed in prior legislation however they are regularly violated.

 

 

 The bills have been proposed, And, they won the majority in the House ( Democrat controlled) in 2019. and now 2021.  They will be bi partisan.  — gaining votes beyond the narrow Democrat majority.  

They might even have the votes to beat a filibuster.

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Both of these bills separate specific  groups from the larger community,  The Biden bill is actually better on this.

 

 

1) The Dream and Promise Act would provide a path to citizenship for Dreamers, young immigrants who were brought to the country as children and have remained in the country illegally. This bill also provides a path to citizenship for the immigrants living in the U.S. with Temporary Protected Status.

Seven House Republicans supported this legislation last time around.

 

Yes, 227   No  197

 

Passed the house. 3/18.  9 Republican votes.

 

 

2) The second bill, the Farm Modernization Workforce Act, aims to provide a path to citizenship for farm workers who are living in the country illegally. ( the undocumented.) 

 Thirty-four Republicans supported this legislation last Congress.

Both bills passed the House last session but weren’t taken up in the Senate. Still, despite Dems’ narrow majority, the bills as they currently stand are unlikely to get the 60 needed votes to pass in the upper chamber. (This has also fueled talk of including key immigration provisions to Dems’ next use of the reconciliation process.) 

 

Title 1 is new.
It is Securing the Domestic Agricultural Workforce.
 It includes,  Temporary status for up to 5 years, renewable.
                  ability to bring family as dependents, 
                  must stay in U.S. for all but 90 days per year.
After renewal, can apply for permanent resident status.

Title 2. is revision of the existing H-2 A; Temporary Workers program.    
                           With new conditions.
                           Some of these conditions have existed in prior legislation however they are regularly violated.


The United Farmworkers Union supports the bill.
A number of immigrant rights groups oppose the bill.

 

Vote: Yes, 247   No 132.

 

Both go on to the Senate where they may face a filibuster. 

 

Other bills in the Senate. 

 

U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) joined Representative Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Representative Ted Lieu (D-CA-33) in announcing the Citizenship for Essential Workers Act ,