Judge Blocks Protections For Immigrant Farmworkers

The Kentucky Lantern reports:

A federal judge in Kentucky has blocked the Biden administration’s expanded protections for farmworkers who come to work in the United States under H-2A visas.

The injunction issued Monday by U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves applies in Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia and Alabama. Plaintiffs in the case — Kentucky farmers and Republican attorneys general from the four states — argued that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) rules would allow foreign farmworkers to unionize.

Reeves agreed, saying the rules rephrase the National Labor Relations Act to extend American workers’ right to unionize to foreign H-2A workers, a change that he said would require action by Congress.

Read the full article. Reeves, a Bush II appointee, last appeared here in June 2024 when he blocked Title IX protections for LGBTQ students.

From our @statesnewsroom.com colleague @liamniemeyer.bsky.social at #KentuckyLantern … Judge in Kentucky blocks Biden protections for foreign temporary farmworkers

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