Agricultural employers who utilize blue card workers must only pay the blue card workers the minimum wage and are not required to pay U.S. workers any more than the minimum wage. I think we can agree on that. The H2A program requires that employers who utilize H2A pay all workers in the same occupations in which they employ H2A workers the same wage guaranteed to every other H2A worker. Throughout this immigration debate we have heard that widespread use of foreign workers will depress wages and that employers will reject U.S. workers in favor of foreign workers who are willing to work for less. In fact. the Senate passed by a voice vote an amendment that was put forward by the distinguished Senator from Illinois.
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