Farm Workforce Modernization Act

On March 18, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act (FWMA) passed the House and is headed to the Senate next. The bipartisan bill would create a pathway to legalization for current unauthorized agricultural workers, modernize the temporary agricultural worker H-2A visa program and implement the E-Verify system across the agriculture sector.

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"The fact that that is happening is really a testament to the show of force from allies across the range of constituencies that care about this issue and the community,"

Forum President & CEO Ali Noorani said in a piece for Bloomberg News highlighting our unique advocacy approach on behalf of farmworkers in partnership with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and United Fresh Produce Association.

A day in the life of our nation’s farmworkers

Our partner Driscoll’s, a leading producer of fresh berries in the Americas, supports the passage of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act and joined the Forum’s March 15th congressional briefing advocating for the act. Soren Bjorn, President of Driscoll’s Americas expressed concern about the fate of the dwindling U.S. agricultural workforce saying, "It is very difficult to invest into a business, where you don’t have some degree of certainty about the future."
For married couple Zenaida and Hector, who harvest raspberries on one of the 900 independently owned farms in the Driscoll’s network, it's about giving their children "a better future, to give them a better quality of life."

Photo provided by Driscoll’s, Inc.

Meet Zenaida and Hector’s family and take a look into the life of our country’s farm workforce.

FACT CHECK: The U.S. needs immigrant farmworkers

Why leaders on both sides of the aisle support farmworkers

Great news, bipartisanship isn’t dead! Ali spoke with U.S. representatives Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) and Zoe Lofgren (D-California) about FWMA during our 2020 Leading the Way convening. Watch this short recap to see what these leaders who support the act have to say.  

BE HEARD: Share your support for the Farm Workforce Modernization Act

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