Possible E-Verify deal would give legal status to farmworkers currently in the country illegally - Entrepreneur Generations

A possible bipartisan deal would give legal status to farmworkers currently in the U.S. illegally while requiring employers to verify the immigration status of future hires, but it faces a tough audience in the Senate.

"Democrats hope the compromise could draw GOP support by forcing employers to use E-Verify, a federal online system, to ensure farmworkers are eligible to work, said David Shahoulian, the Democratic chief counsel on the House Judiciary Committee’s immigration subcommittee, speaking at an immigration policy conference earlier this month in Washington, D.C," Tim Henderson reports for Stateline. "Farmers are not required to investigate claims of legal status in most states."

Currently, H2-A visas are only available to seasonal farmworkers, and employers are required to house them and transport them in and out of the country. More than a third of the nation's farmworkers are immigrants, Henderson reports. A 2018 Republican proposal would have given only temporary visas to farmworkers in exchange for requiring future E-Verify checks, but was voted down.

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