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Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2021

Floor Speech

Date: March 18, 2021
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Agriculture and Food Immigration

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Ms. ESCOBAR. Madam Speaker, I thank the chairman for yielding.

I will be very clear, Madam Speaker. Farmworkers do back-breaking work under the scorching sun or unbearable cold to make sure that all of us have food on our table. Whether they are sick, feeling well, whether they have family members who are not feeling well, they go to work to make sure we have what we need, even, and almost especially, during the era of COVID.

It is incredible that anyone would stand in the way of having these incredible people finally have a pathway to legalization.

The Farm Workforce Modernization Act is a piece of legislation that is long overdue. I have one thing to say to those who would oppose legislation for this population, even though they benefit from the labor of this population: ``they don't have shame,'' ``no tienen verguenza.''

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