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Testimony & Letters

AWC Letter on DOL H-2A CRA
March 28, 2023

AWC Urges Senate to Pass Ag Labor Reform Bill
December 6, 2022

AWC Letter to Senate Calling for Ag Labor Reform
August 2, 2022

AWC Letter Urging Senate to Take Action on Ag Labor
June 8, 2021

AWC Letter Strongly Urges Senate to Pass Ag Labor Reform Bill
March 22, 2021

AWC Leads Letter to White House Coronavirus Task Force
September 24, 2020

AWC Letter to Secretary Pompeo Regarding H-2A Visa Processing
March 18, 2020

Letter from Agriculture Workforce Coalition Urging Senate Action on Ag Labor Crisis
January 2, 2020

Agriculture Workforce Coalition Applauds House Hearing on Farm Labor Crisis, Urges Congressional Action
April 3, 2019

Ag Workforce Coalition Praises Rep. Newhouse for Championing Farm Labor Issues in Appropriations Process
July 19, 2017

Statement of the Agriculture Workforce Coalition on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security Hearing Looking at Agricultural Guestworker Programs
July 19, 2017

Agriculture Workforce Coalition Letter to President Trump on Immigration Reform
March 28, 2017

Letter from Members of Congress to Department of Labor Regarding H-2A Program
June 10, 2016

Letter to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor Regarding the Department of Labor
April 15, 2016

Letter to House House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor Regarding the Department of Labor
April 15, 2016

AWC Letter to Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security Regarding H-2A Program
April 1, 2016

AWC Letter to House Appropriations Subcommittee Regarding Department of State and the H-2A Program
March 22, 2016

AWC Letter to Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture
March 17, 2016

AWC Statement to House Leadership Opposing Mandatory E-Verify Legislation
March 17, 2015

Agriculture Workforce Coalition Statement Opposing Mandatory E-Verify Legislation
March 3, 2015

AWC Letter to House Judiciary Committee in Opposition of the Legal Workforce Act
March 2, 2015

AWC Statement to House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration & Border Security on the Legal Workforce Act
February 4, 2015

Agriculture Workforce Coalition Statement on the Announcement of the President’s Executive Order on Immigration
November 20, 2014

Multi-Industry Letter to Speaker Boehner Urging Immigration Reform
February 25, 2014

AWC Letter to Representatives Urging Support for Immigration Reform
August 1, 2013

Multi-Industry Letter to House Leadership in Support of Immigration Reform
July 31, 2013

AWC Letter to Senators in Support of Final Passage of S. 744
June 27, 2013

Past Leaders of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Support S. 744
June 27, 2013

AWC-UFW Letter to Senate Supporting S. 744
June 14, 2013

American Farm Bureau Federation Statement to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration & Border Security
May 16, 2013

Agriculture Workforce Coalition Statement Submitted to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration & Border Security
May 16, 2013

National Council of Farmer Cooperatives Testimony to Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Immigration Reform
April 22, 2013

American Farm Bureau Federation Statement to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security
February 26, 2013

AWC Letter to Congressional Leadership on Agriculture Workforce Coalition Proposal
February 26, 2013

AWC Statement Submitted to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security
February 26, 2013

USA Farmers Statement Submitted to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security
February 26, 2013

Western Growers Statement Submitted to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security
February 26, 2013

Reports

The Economic Impacts of Immigrant Labor on U.S. Dairy Farms
Texas A&M University and National Milk Producers Federation Study — August 2015

No Longer Home Grown
Partnership for a New American Economy & Agriculture Coalition for Immigration Reform — March 2014

Gauging the Farm Sector’s Sensitivity to Immigration Reform via Changes in Labor Costs and Availability
American Farm Bureau Federation — February 2014

America’s Agricultural Crisis and the Agricultural Worker Program Act of 2013
U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein — April 2013

Walking the Tightrope: California Farmers Struggle with Employee Shortages
California Farm Bureau Federation Agricultural Employment Survey Results — November 2012

Voters’ Views on Agriculture & Immigration Reform
Western Growers Executive Summary — March 2012

The American Opportunity — Making Immigration Work
U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Video

The Worst Job In New York: Immigrant America

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What Farmers Want From Congress

We asked real, American farmers what action they would like to see taken up by Congress.

Farm Labor Needs Are Tied to Immigration Reform

Farmers and ranchers are putting heat on their members of Congress to get immigration reform finished when they return to Washington from their summer break.

Media Contacts

What Farmers Want From Congress

We asked real, American farmers what action they would like to see taken by Congress.

Agriculture Workforce Coalition
Justin Darisse, 202-879-0816
jdarisse@ncfc.org