You would know they are now legal. You would know they were working in agriculture. which desperately needs them. We would also streamline the current agricultural guest worker program. the H2A program. which is now unwieldy and ineffective. The bill would shorten the labor certification process. which now takes 60 days or more. reducing the approval process to 48 to 72 hours. There are a number of specifics. It freezes the adverse wage rate for 3 years. to be gradually replaced with a prevailing wage standard. The H2A visas would be secure and counterfeit resistant. In this way. agricultural labor would have a permanent workforce and you would have a secure guest worker program. H2A. where necessary. to go in to areas for short periods of time. It is a win/win situation. It has passed this Senate.
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