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🌾 CONGRESS IS SLIPPING AMNESTY INTO A FARM LABOR BILL Don't take my word for it. Read the official summary from the Congressional Research Service. H.R. 9535, the "Securing Agriculture's Workforce Act." Sponsored by House Agriculture Chairman Glenn Thompson. 61 cosponsors, 52 of them Republicans. One line tells you everything. The bill "establishes an H-2A visa pathway for current unauthorized agricultural workers who otherwise meet requirements." Current unauthorized workers. People who are here illegally right now. The sponsor's pitch: "With the border now secure, it is time to address these shortcomings." The border is more secure because we finally started enforcing the law. You don't reward that by handing a visa to the people who broke it. And the timing couldn't be worse. Monday night the President said, "We haven't put the same pressure on waitresses and on farmworkers, etc. Not even close." That's exactly the opening this bill's supporters have been waiting for. We've seen this movie before. In 1986 Congress created the Special Agricultural Worker program, and it was riddled with fraud, with applicants claiming farm work they never did. My career taught me that every carve-out turns into a business model. Make farm work the safe lane and the fake employment letters will show up by the truckload. Farmers have a real labor problem and I'm not dismissing it. Fix H-2A. Speed it up. Cut the red tape. Let it run year-round. That's legal labor and I'll support it. But a visa for people who are here illegally isn't a workforce plan. It's amnesty in overalls. Call your representative and ask one question: are you one of the 61? @POTUS @StephenM @RealTomHoman @SecMullinDHS @ICEgov @HouseAgGOP @CongressmanGT @Jim_Jordan @JudiciaryGOP @Phase2Deport @NICEnforcement @itsyourgov