Critics: House farm worker amnesty bill is like indentured servitude
Critics: House farm worker amnesty bill is like indentured servitude
December 11, 2019
Nate Madden
The following is an excerpt from Blaze Media’s Capitol Hill Brief email newsletter:
While Congress and the public are distracted by the impeachment drama, the House is set to vote today on H.R. 5038, a controversial immigration bill that would potentially grant amnesty to millions of illegal alien agricultural workers.
In short, the bill seeks to grant amnesty to illegal aliens who have been unlawfully employed in agriculture and then tie them to the agriculture industry for a number of years before they become eligible for green card status, in a scheme that the bill’s critics compare to the old practice of indentured servitude. Center for Immigration Studies executive director Mark Krikorian explains at National Review: “The reason for the indenture system is that farmers know from experience that once the illegal aliens or visa workers get green cards, almost all will flee the medieval labor system that prevails in much of fresh fruit and vegetable agriculture.”
While some Republicans support the bill, NumbersUSA policy director Rosemary Jenks told Breitbart News, “I’m hoping it will not be as high as 30, and I’m hoping we are pulling them off just as they realize how bad this bill is.”
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