Illegal Alien Amnesty Buried in GOP-Backed Ag Bill

In this Liberty Nation article, Elizabeth Lawrence reports that a GOP-backed farm bill contains a provision offering temporary legal status to illegal immigrant farmworkers, drawing fierce criticism from immigration hawks who call it amnesty.

• The Securing Agriculture’s Workforce Act, introduced by House Agriculture Committee Chairman G.T. Thompson (R-PA), would allow illegal immigrants who have worked in agriculture since May 31, 2026, to obtain H-2A visas.
• The bipartisan legislation has the support of nearly 50 House Republicans and includes a waiver that would also shield employers who previously hired illegal workers from accountability.
• Critics argue the measure is effectively amnesty that undermines President Trump’s mass-deportation agenda and the promises that drove his 2024 victory.
• Idaho Mayor Randy Westlund stated that voters “voted for Trump specifically to solve the immigration problem, to get mass deportations,” and that this bill goes against the MAGA agenda.
• Former Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino accused the Republicans of stabbing Trump’s deportation promise in the back and urged voters to replace them with true immigration hawks.
• Florida Governor Ron DeSantis declared, “No amnesty! Amnesty is NOT what people voted for in 2024!”
• Government data indicate that between 37% and 47% of crop farmworkers (roughly 327,000 people) were unauthorized between 2021 and 2022, a figure that excludes livestock sectors and is therefore likely higher.
• President Trump said he is not familiar with the bill but will “take a look at it,” while the House Freedom Caucus publicly mocked the legislation.

Read the full story:
https://www.libertynation.com/illegal-immigrant-amnesty-buried-in-gop-backed-farm-bill/