Saxby Chambliss: “I understand this may be subject to a point of order, but my farmers…”

On the recordJune 26, 2000

I understand this may be subject to a point of order, but my farmers are doing their best to comply with the law to bring legal workers in, and the gentleman and I have had a number of discussions over the last 5 years about making some changes under the H-2A law, to make it a little easier to get those workers in, but what we are seeing is in that Legal Services Corporation is taking those workers that are brought in legally, they are actually bypassing thousands and thousands of workers at farms that are here illegally to get the farm where workers are here legally.

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Saxby Chambliss

Republican · Georgia

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Discussing challenges faced by farmers in hiring legal workers under the H-2A law.

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Saxby Chambliss: “I understand this may be subject to a point of order, but my farmers are doing their best to comply with the law to…”

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