By: Edward Kissam| americancommunitymedia.org The U.S. Department of Labor plans to discontinue the National Agricultural Worker Survey (NAWS) by September 27th. Loss of data from the survey, widely-recognized as providing the best and most up-to-date information on more than 2 million U.S. farmworkers and their families, will have serious negative impacts for agricultural employers, farmworker service programs, and […]
By: Aaron Reichlin-Melnick |americanimmigrationcouncil.org Seven months into President Trump’s term, immigration enforcement operations continue to ramp up, and the broader economic impacts are beginning to come into view. Rather than focus on the “worst of the worst,” the Trump administration has increasingly targeted worksites for immigration raids, picking up delivery drivers, street vendors, farmworkers, meatpackers, […]
By USC Center for Health Journalism| Editorial credit: neenawat khenyothaa / shutterstock.com José suffered second-degree skin burns from a pesticide. Marta developed cancer after years of working in the fields and applying pesticides to crops. Carlos was born without limbs after his pregnant mother was repeatedly exposed to pesticides while picking tomatoes in Florida and […]
By Staff Writer As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, agriculture industry groups are urgently calling for a reprieve for the millions of immigrant workers who form the backbone of America’s farming and food supply system. With the incoming administration’s vow to enforce mass deportations, farm advocates fear a drastic disruption to an already […]
By Tony Leys and Amy Maxmen | KFF Health News Farmworkers face some of the most intense exposures to the bird flu virus, but advocates say many of them would lack resources to fall back on if they became ill. So far, only two people in the United States have tested positive, after being exposed to […]
