Getting the Farm Workforce Modernization Act to pass the U.S. Senate before the end of the year is becoming more unlikely. 

Michael Marsh with the National Council of Ag Employers says while legislation to provide migrant farmworkers a path to citizenship and agriculture with a stable and legal supply of workers passed the House in March, the Senate has yet to move.

“We’re stuck,” he says.

Marsh tells Brownfield Progressive Democrats are trying to merge immigration reform into the reconciliation bill which has held up any movement on addressing the needs in agriculture.

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