Biden Rule Would Give Union Rights to Foreign Farm Workers, Americans Excluded
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach (R), together with 23 attorneys basic, is demanding that President Joe Biden drop a proposed federal rule that he says will give collective bargaining rights to international farm employees whereas American farm employees are excluded.
In September, Biden’s Department of Labor issued a proposed federal rule that will dramatically change the H-2A visa program that enables United States farms to import international employees to take agricultural jobs.
As a part of the proposed rule, Kobach and the GOP attorneys basic mentioned international H-2A visa employees would get collective bargaining rights that aren’t afforded to American farm employees.
In a letter to Biden’s Department of Labor, Kobach and the attorneys basic write, “The proposed rule violates the major questions doctrine because Congress did not clearly authorize the Department to grant foreign migrant farmworkers the right to unionize through the rulemaking process.”
“This rule is not just a violation of the law. It is bad policy,” they write:
It would create a scenario the place non permanent international migrant employees obtain collective bargaining protections that American farmworkers are statutorily denied. This just isn’t solely absurd however fallacious. The mixed results of excessive inflation and rates of interest have left numerous Americans (together with farmworkers) behind. Prioritizing the pursuits of international agricultural employees over these of Americans merely provides insult to damage. The Department should change course to keep away from this example. [Emphasis added]
For the foregoing causes, the Department ought to withdraw the proposed rule insofar because it contains collective bargaining protections for H-2A agricultural employees. It must also withdraw the proposed rule insofar because it supplies a proper of entry to unions on employer property. [Emphasis added]
Former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach speaks in Leavenworth, Kan., on July 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
“Once again, the Biden administration has placed the interests of foreign nationals over the interests of United States citizens,” Kobach mentioned in an announcement.
Attorneys basic from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia all signed the letter.
As Breitbart News has chronicled for years, this system is usually used to exchange Americans and protect the low price of agricultural labor.
In 1997, a little bit greater than 16,000 international H-2A visa employees have been imported to take American agriculture jobs. The newest information reveals that within the first half of fiscal 12 months 2023, U.S. farms imported practically 200,000 international H-2A visa employees.
John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter here.
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