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