Farm Workforce Modernization Act Protects Migrant Farm Workers
Congress has passed the Farm Workforce Modernization Act with several measures to protect immigrant farm workers. In particular, the bill alters the H-2A temporary worker program to make it easier for alien farm workers and their families to stay in the U.S.A key feature of the bill is that The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) can grant certified agricultural worker (CAW) status to an applying alien who:
- performed at least 1,035 hours of agricultural labor during the two-year period prior to March 8, 2021
- on that date was inadmissible, deportable, or under a grant of deferred enforced departure or temporary protected status
- has been continuously present in the United States from that date until receiving CAW status.
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