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teaearlgraycoldyesterday at 11:52 PM2 repliesview on HN

So many things are intentionally broken. All of the complaints about illegal immigrants working on our farms, and yet no mention that we do have a migratory laborer visa - it's just the quota is way too low.


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WillPostForFoodtoday at 1:10 AM

The migratory labor visa is not being ignored - a lot of action on that front. Some of it is stuck because of stalled budget negotiations. A full exemption of the cap for returning workers passed the house, but in the meantime, cap has been doubled.

https://www.epi.org/blog/rider-in-the-house-homeland-securit...

https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/temporary...

Amezaraktoday at 12:40 AM

People complaining about illegal immigrants doing farm labor mostly don’t want you to simply give them paperwork making them legal, they want the pipeline of migrant labor restricted so labor prices are forced to rise enough to make the jobs worthwhile for citizens. I’ve noticed this is a common disconnect.

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