Alabama AG wins legal action against Biden’s war on Alabama farmers

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November 26, 2024

(Attorney General Steve Marshall/Facebook)

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced another victory against the Biden Administration — this time for Alabama farmers.

“The Biden-Harris Administration’s failed attempts to force collective bargaining on Alabama farmers is yet another example of why Americans voted them out,” Marshall said. “Even on their way out the door, this Administration continues to wreak havoc on American industry. We will keep fighting them until the moving vans arrive at the White House.”

Statement on the big win protecting farmers from Biden rule. pic.twitter.com/Wj0BTNO2VX

— Attorney General Steve Marshall (@AGSteveMarshall) November 26, 2024

In September, Attorney General Marshall was joined by attorneys general from Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia to support farmers and oppose the U.S. Department of Labor’s rule imposing unlawful labor burdens on farmers participating in the temporary agriculture worker program, known as the H-2A Visa Program.

The attorneys general filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit brought by Kentucky farmers in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Arguments successfully made before the court led to a federal district court judge granting a preliminary injunction to halt the regulation.

Since it was created in 1986, the H-2A Visa Program has allowed farmers to hire foreign workers on a temporary basis when they are unable to find Americans to fill the jobs. The Biden-Harris Administration’s new regulation subjected Alabama farmers to a new set of guidelines, including requiring farmers to allow temporary foreign-migrant workers to engage in collective bargaining.

Yaffee is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts “The Yaffee Program” weekdays 9-11 a.m. on WVNN. You can follow him on X @Yaffee

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