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WASHINGTON — Lawmakers have struck a deal that would give legal status to hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrant farmworkers in exchange for stronger employee verification in the agricultural sector, a bipartisan group will announce Wednesday.
The deal could reach the House floor as early as the end of November.
COSTA CENTRAL, Calif. - En una conferencia de prensa, algunos representantes de California en conjunto con la Unión de Trabajadores del Campo, presentaron una propuesta llamada Acta de Modernización de la Industria Agrícola. Mediante esta propuesta se pretende un camino hacia la ciudadanía para alrededor de 250,000 campesinos en California.
As the latest Monterey County Crop Report was introduced on June 26 in Salinas, frustration over immigration and the lack of a viable guest worker program bubbled up and over the top.
MONTEREY – Faced with a growing labor crisis, five members of the United States House of Representatives, including Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, unveiled bipartisan legislation that provides a path to legal status for undocumented immigrant farmworkers while strengthening employee verification.
Drawing broad bipartisan and industry support, House lawmakers on Oct. 30 introduced the Farm Workforce Modernization Act.
The legislation has three main parts:
Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) voted in support of the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act of 2019, H.R. 724, to criminalize certain acts of animal cruelty.
The legislation unanimously passed the U.S. House of Representatives last night.
WASHINGTON, DC - Many animal advocates and pet owners are rejoicing this morning, as Congressman Jimmy Panetta voted in support of the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act of 2019, H.R. 724, to criminalize certain acts of animal cruelty.
The legislation unanimously passed the U.S. House of Representatives last night.
The U.S. House Ag Committee held a hearing to discuss multiple aspects of USDA Farm Bill Research Programs. Current research programs were discussed such as the Citrus Disease Research and Extension Program and climate change initiatives. The need for hemp research was also discussed.
Three Democratic House members who serve on the House Agriculture Committee — Reps. Jimmy Panetta of California, Cheri Bustos of Illinois and Kim Schrier of Wisconsin — on Oct. 17 introduced a bill to authorize a 5% annual funding increase over the next five years at the Agriculture Department.
WASHINGTON—Lawmakers returning to Washington this week will find a political landscape transformed by the impeachment inquiry in the House and President