Bill Sponsor: Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15)
Republican Cosponsors (49)
- Rick W. Allen (GA-12)
- Don Bacon (NE-2)
- James R. Baird (IN-4)
- Cliff Bentz (OR-2)
- Mike Bost (IL-12)
- Monica De La Cruz (TX-15)
- Troy Downing (MT-2)
- Chuck Edwards (NC-11)
- Gabe Evans (CO-8)
- Julie Fedorchak (ND-At Large)
- Randy Feenstra (IA-4)
- Brad Finstad (MN-1)
- Michelle Fischbach (MN-7)
- Charles J. “Chuck” Fleischmann (TN-3)
- Mike Flood (NE-1)
- Brett Guthrie (KY-2)
- Bill Huizenga (MI-4)
- Brian Jack (GA-3)
- Mike Kelly (PA-16)
- Trent Kelly (MS-1)
- David Kustoff (TN-8)
- Darin LaHood (IL-16)
- Nicholas A. Langworthy (NY-23)
- Laurel M. Lee (FL-15)
- Celeste Maloy (UT-2)
- Michael T. McCaul (TX-10)
- Mark B. Messmer (IN-8)
- Daniel Meuser (PA-9)
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-1)
- John R. Moolenaar (MI-2)
- Tim Moore (NC-14)
- Dan Newhouse (WA-4)
- Mike D. Rogers (AL-3)
- David Rouzer (NC-7)
- Maria Elvira Salazar (FL-27)
- Austin Scott (GA-8)
- Pete Sessions (TX-17)
- Michael K. Simpson (ID-2)
- Lloyd Smucker (PA-11)
- David J. Taylor (OH-2)
- Claudia Tenney (NY-24)
- David G. Valadao (CA-22)
- Jefferson Van Drew (NJ-2)
- Derrick Van Orden (WI-3)
- Joe Wilson (SC-2)
- Robert J. Wittman (VA-1)
- Ryan K. Zinke (MT-1)
This bill fundamentally alters U.S. immigration enforcement and labor protections. Under the guise of "streamlining" agricultural labor, the bill establishes sweeping amnesty provisions and expands the H-2A visa program to the direct detriment of American workers. It-
- Grants amnesty to illegal aliens present in the United States as of
May 31, 2026, who meet minimal agricultural work history requirements
(180 days over the last two years);
- Waives statutory bars to inadmissibility and deportability for these illegal aliens, wiping away prior lawbreaking including illegal entry without inspection, visa overstays, document fraud, and the 3- and 10-year unlawful presence bars;
- Allows amnestied aliens to obtain H-2A visas;
- Grants amnesty to lawbreaking employers, protecting them from civil or criminal prosecution under Section 274A for previously hiring illegal aliens, so long as they cooperate with the alien’s amnesty application;
- Caps year-over-year adjustments to the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) at a maximum 3.25% increase and freezing wages mid-contract, ensuring foreign labor remains artificially cheap;
- Expands the H-2A program into year-round industries, broadening the definition of "agricultural labor" to include sectors like meat and poultry slaughter, logging, aquaculture, and equine management, systematically displacing domestic labor in those fields;
- Expands H-2A certifications to up to three years, eliminating the requirement that employers annually test the domestic labor market;
- Enforces a mandatory 15-day deadline to adjudicate H-2A petitions, guaranteeing that overwhelmed adjudicators will rubber-stamp applications without thorough vetting; and
- Authorizes the State Department to waive in-person consular interviews for returning foreign workers and allowing staggered entry dates across a 180-day window on a single petition.
With Traitors like these, who needs Democrats?
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