Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2025

This bill creates a new type of visa called the "certified agricultural worker" (CAW) visa for foreign farmworkers who have already been working in U.S. agriculture and have been living in the country continuously. Workers with this status could eventually apply for permanent residency, and their spouses and children could also receive legal status. The bill also updates the existing H-2A program for temporary farm labor by requiring employers to guarantee a minimum number of work hours and by opening the program to year-round agricultural jobs, not just seasonal ones. Additionally, it requires agricultural employers to use a new electronic system to check that workers are legally allowed to work in the United States, and it permanently extends a program that helps preserve rural and farmworker housing.

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