Source: CAPITAL PRESS, 1/30/18



Western Growers, a trade group representing the growers of more than half the nation’s fresh fruits, vegetables and tree nuts is opposed to the Goodlatte bill in the U.S. House that seeks to bolster immigration enforcement, fix DACA and replace the H-2A-visa foreign guestworker program with a new H-2C program. The bill, Securing America’s Future Act, HR 4760, was introduced by House Judiciary Chairman Robert Goodlatte, R-Va., and several other committee chairmen on Jan. 10.

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