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From Breitbart: A federal judge is blocking, in 17 states, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’s administration from imposing a new rule that gives collective bargaining rights to foreign farm workers while American farm workers are excluded.
“The Biden-Harris administration has taken an America Last position,” Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach (R), who is leading the multi-state lawsuit against the rule, said in a statement:
In this case, they were trying to give alien ag workers rights that Americans do not have. That’s why Kansas took the lead in filing this lawsuit. The rule of law has prevailed. [Emphasis added]
In September 2023, the Labor Department announced a federal rule that would dramatically change the H-2A visa program, which allows United States farms to import foreign workers to take American agricultural jobs.
The report explains that the new rule, just finalized in April 2024, gives foreign H-2A visa workers collective bargaining rights, which American farm workers do not have.
Koboch, along with 16 other state attorneys general, filed a lawsuit in June to asking for the new rule to be blocked.
On Monday, U.S. District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood granted a preliminary injunction to prevent the rule from taking effect in the 17 states that sued the administration, Breitbart wrote.
The report also notes how the use to H-2A visas has exploded – from 16,000 foreign visa workers taking American agriculture jobs in 1997 to nearly 300,000 i 2022.
Kobach said in a statement posted to social media, “The Biden-Harris administration has taken an America last position. In this case, they were trying to give alien ag workers rights that Americans do not have. That’s why KS took the lead in filing this lawsuit. The rule of law has prevailed.”
The Biden-Harris administration has taken an America last position. In this case, they were trying to give alien ag workers rights that Americans do not have. That’s why KS took the lead in filing this lawsuit. The rule of law has prevailed. #ksleg #H2Ahttps://t.co/Sm2TFGAhXk
— Kansas AG’s Office (@KSAGOffice) August 26, 2024
Federal Judge Blocks Biden-Harris Rule Giving Union Rights to Foreign Workers But Not Americans https://t.co/5xMWGguCn9
— John 👽 (@JxhnBxnder) August 27, 2024
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