But agricultural workers continue to bear the brunt of difficult conditions and extreme weather.
The bill also would create a "blue card, " an improvement for agricultural workers.
Cunha wants Congress to pass the so-called Ag Jobs bill that would create a special guest worker program for agricultural workers.
Some migrant children are particularly difficult to reach, especially the children of migrant agricultural workers who tend to be highly mobile.
The same would apply for illegals who had ostensibly been agricultural workers here in the past, but who have gone home.
Because the demands of the job put agricultural workers at high risk of illness and injury, appropriate training and education are critical.
The senators envision a more streamlined process toward citizenship for immigrants brought here as children by their parents, and for agricultural workers.
Separately, Senate negotiators are working on programs for high-tech and agricultural workers.
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Still, even if there's no support for bringing in new workers, Regelbrugge sees an argument for legalizing agricultural workers already in the United States.
It would, for example, apply not only to those sometime agricultural workers who are currently in the United States but to others who have left the country.
And I mean that in the sense that as we saw in other countries, these are lawyers, doctors, merchants, agricultural workers, mothers and fathers and sons and daughters.
Precise figures are hard to come by, but according to Erik Nicholson, national vice-president for the United Farm Workers' union, as many as 70% of American agricultural workers may be undocumented.
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The AgJobs Act, supported by both growers and the farm workers union, would largely solve the problem in agriculture by providing a streamlined visa program with an opportunity to legalize the immigration status of longer-term agricultural workers.
Growers consider the underutilized H-2A visa for seasonal agricultural workers burdensome and litigation-prone, while employers have often used up the annual quota of H-2B temporary visas for seasonal workers in resorts, crab fishing, nurseries and other industries.
The annual quota for the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme (SAWS) will continue at 21, 250 places for 2012 and 2013 and the annual quota for the Sectors Based Scheme (SBS) will continue at 3, 500 places for 2012 and 2013.
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The GLA aims to protect workers in the agricultural industries, including Lincolnshire where there is a concentration of migrant workers.
Unlike teen retail and service workers, agricultural laborers 16 and older are permitted to operate hazardous machinery and to work even during school hours.
The NFU also suggests agricultural labour can be made more attractive for British workers by combining picking with vocational qualifications.
The supply of cheap agricultural labour dries up and a rising number of workers take jobs in the service sector, where productivity improvements are more difficult to achieve.
Gambia has sparse natural resource deposits and a limited agricultural base, and relies in part on remittances from workers overseas and tourist receipts.
Farmers, ranchers and other agricultural managers are expected to experience a loss of 96, 100 workers by 2020.
Immigration attorneys said the J-1 visa program doesn't face the same oversight as other temporary-worker programs, such as the H-1B, commonly used to bring in skilled workers, or the H-2A, for seasonal agricultural laborers.
According to the census of the agricultural labour force in 2003, for example, 63, 000 casual workers are employed in agriculture.
Meanwhile, ahead of their coming harvest, many farmers are turning to a temporary agricultural visa, known as the H-2A program, which allows growers to bring workers into the U.S. for a short period.
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