Robert Velazquez is a law student at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law and is a guest contributor to this blog. For many people the thought of performing back breaking manual labor in triple digit heat seems unfathomable, but for farmworkers harvesting America’s produce, it’s another day at the office. Farmworkers who spend most of their…
Robert Velazquez is a law student at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law and is a guest contributor to this blog. American agriculture is deeply reliant on foreign labor to meet market demands. Since the mid-20th century, the domestic supply of agricultural workers has continually shrunk causing farm employers to rely on temporary foreign workers on…
Robert Velazquez is a law student at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law and a guest contributor to this blog. Between the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate there are 535 voting members who determine the future and scope of a farm bill. Zippy Duvall, President of the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), recently remarked at the…