immigration

Restaurant industry releases policy priorities: immigration reform, competitive swipe fees, and renew USMCA

These policy priorities impact restaurant owners everywhere by saving them money, increasing local tax bases, and relieving workforce strain.

4 months ago 6 minute read

The Produce Reporter Week in Review June 20, 2025  

President Trump's policies cause uncertainty, which is bad for business, but he delivered a new trade deal that should benefit...

1 year ago 4 minute read

Ag industry adjusts to uncertainty around immigration enforcement

The Trump administration has shifted its position on immigration enforcement efforts, fueling uncertainty for employers and workers.

1 year ago 3 minute read

IFPA addresses immigration enforcement

The International Fresh Produce Association issued this member alert addressing government immigration enforcement.

1 year ago 3 minute read

USDA highlights border security, Mexico negotiations in first 100 days of Trump administration

USDA Secretary Rollins says she has been at the negotiating table tirelessly advocating for American agriculture.

1 year ago 2 minute read

Blinken, AMLO meet on immigration

“Significant,” “important” progress was made in discussions on immigration between Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and U.S. secretary...

2 years ago 3 minute read

Catholic leaders address immigration issues

On December 21, the Center for Migration Studies of New York brought together some Catholic leaders for a Zoom conference...

3 years ago 3 minute read

Looking beyond the immigration stalemate

The British weekly The Economist is one of the world’s most influential news magazines. Despite its manifest oddities, it is...

3 years ago 3 minute read

Challenges to Florida’s immigration bill

Several organizations have announced that they will file a federal suit against Florida’s Senate Bill 1718, which was signed by...

3 years ago 3 minute read

Farm labor reform act reintroduced in Congress

At this point, one can exasperatedly wonder what it will take to make the Farm Workforce Modification Act (FWMA) into...

3 years ago 4 minute read

New immigration reform act introduced in the House

News about the U.S. House of Representatives has focused obsessively about the debt ceiling deal. In its wake, a new...

3 years ago 3 minute read

Baby busts on both sides of the border

I’m always fascinated when I come across one news story that dovetails with another from a different source. Over the...

3 years ago 3 minute read

IFPA members testify at Senate hearing on labor

Washington D.C. – International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA) BB #:378962 members testified at the May 31 Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing...

3 years ago 4 minute read

IFPA criticizes Department of Labor H-2A wage revisions

March 1, 2023 — The Department of Labor released the Final Rule regarding the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) for...

3 years ago 2 minute read

Congress fails to include ag labor reform in omnibus spending bill

December 20, 2022 – Newark, DE. and Washington, D.C. – The International Fresh Produce Association BB #:378962, the largest and...

4 years ago 3 minute read

Farm Bureau doesn’t support ag labor reform bill

Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) sponsored and is looking for support for the Affordable and Secure Food Act, introduced December 15....

4 years ago 1 minute read

A glimmer of hope for ag labor reform

A bipartisan compromise bill for immigration reform appears dead, according to news reports, but a separate, smaller farm worker bill...

4 years ago 3 minute read

The last legs of Title 42

Title 42 appears to be on its last legs. This measure was implemented by the previous presidential administration as a...

4 years ago 4 minute read

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