Posts By: Cory Lunde

Urge Your Representative to Vote Yes on H.R. 5038

This Wednesday, December 11, the House of Representatives is set to vote on H.R. 5038, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, a bipartisan bill aimed at securing a legal, stable workforce for American farms. To ensure this bill moves out of the House with strong bipartisan support, which will increase the odds of the legislation being ...

House Passes Historic Ag Immigration Reform Bill

Yesterday, Wednesday, December 11, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5038, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act (FWMA), by a vote of 260 to 165, with 226 Democrats and 34 Republicans supporting the legislation. The bill now moves to the Senate where it must be taken up by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell with the support ...

WG Applauds Japanese Approval of Trade Deal

IRVINE, Calif., (December 5, 2019) — In response to the announcement of the Japanese Diet’s approval of the U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement, Western Growers President and CEO Tom Nassif issued the following statement: “With Japan’s parliamentary approval of the U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement, the final hurdle for the deal to take effect on January 1st of 2020 ...

Western Growers Applauds USMCA Announcement

IRVINE, Calif. (December 10, 2019) – In response to the announcement that a deal on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) was reached between the Administration and Congress, which received subsequent approval from the Mexican and Canadian governments, Western Growers President and CEO Tom Nassif issued the following statement: “Western Growers applauds the Administration and a…

Western Growers Statement on House Passage of Farm Workforce Modernization Act

IRVINE, Calif. (December 11, 2019) – In response to passage of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act by the U.S. House of Representatives, Western Growers President & CEO Tom Nassif issued the following statement: “With today’s passage of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act by the U.S. House of Representatives, another hurdle in the race to save ...