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Still pushing for guestworker bill
Story Date: 1/22/2018
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Source: POLITICO'S MORNING AGRICULTURE, 1/19/18
As the budget battle continues, Rep. Bob Goodlatte's GOP immigration bill is still floating around. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi urged Speaker Paul Ryan this week to bring Goodlatte's bill - and a bipartisan proposal from Reps. Will Hurd and Pete Aguilar - to a vote, as many Democrats believe the House GOP bill would fail against the bipartisan one.
House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) said Thursday evening that GOP leaders agreed to push for a "conservative" immigration bill and would begin to whip up votes for a measure from House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), although that legislation is unlikely to receive support in the Senate.
Refresher on Goodlatte's bill: Goodlatte's contentious H-2A bill would essentially scrap the current program and allow agricultural employers - such as meat processors and dairy farmers - in need of year-round work to apply. That effectively scraps the current program, which offers guestworker visas for temporary and seasonal agricultural jobs that last under 10 months.
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