Items filtered by date: June 2018

House Committee moves on H2-B Visa Cap. Click here for details.

Ask Congress to fix the broken immigration system that affects horse businesses. Via the American Horse Council:
"As Congress moves closer to the August recess, House lawmakers have followed-up on a commitment to the horse industry to introduce legislation that focuses on labor shortages at race tracks, breeding farms, and horse shows, among other operations. On July 18, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) joined 44 co-sponsors to introduce the AG and Legal Workforce Act of 2018 (H.R. 6417), legislation which remedies chronic labor shortages in American agriculture by creating a modern and flexible guest worker visa program

Importantly for the horse industry, H.R. 6417 specifically states that workers involved in the management and training of horses will be eligible for the new visa program. The bill would also replace the outdated and broken H-2A program with a reliable, efficient, and fair H-2C visa program, ensuring that agriculture has access to a legal, stable supply of workers for seasonal as well as year-round work." To find your House lawmaker's contact information and urge support for H.R. 6417, please click here:

Here's some info from the American Horse Council about animal health priorities in the just passed Senate Farm Bill.