Session #109 · 2005–07

Speech #1090135540

It relates to forestry workers. This is amendment No. 4055. It would make H2B guest workers who are invited here to work in our forestry sector eligible for limited legal aid. I believe this amendment should be noncontroversial. Under current law. agri152. Pt. 7 8939 cultural guest workers are eligible for legal aid with respect to employment rights provided for in their H2A contract. This amendment would provide H2B forestry workers with the same eligibility for legal aid. We have had hearings in our Energy Committee on the issue. We had a recent hearing where we heard that making H2B forestry workers eligible for legal aid is the single most effective thing Congress could do to address the problem of exploitation of forestry workers. These guest workers have been asked to come to the United States because of a labor shortage that was certified by our Government. They are here legally.
Keywords matched
H2A H2B

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor Victim Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
JEFF BINGAMAN
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
NM
Gender
M
Date
2006-05-19
Speech ID
1090135540
Paragraph
#0
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