There is a natural tendency to age out of agricultural work. Therefore. if this provision adopted by the Judiciary Committee is enacted into law. I anticipate those current illegal workers who become legal permanent residents will leave agriculture in the short term and leave our farmers to continue to rely only upon H2A for their workforce. if they are going to hire legal workers. The reason I believe these workers will leave agriculture is because that is what has happened in the past. I have spoken with numerous farmers who were farming during the special agricultural worker program Congress authorized in 1986.
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Illegal workers will leave agriculture jobs if they become legal permanent residents.