Agricultural Job Opportunity, Benefits, and Security (AgJobs)

Act (S. 1645/H.R. 3142)

Prepared by AILA

How Would AgJob's Earned Adjustment Program Operate?

The AgJobs Act creates an earned adjustment program for undocumented agricultural workers who would be eligible to apply first for temporary resident status based on their past work experience, and then to become permanent residents upon satisfying prospective work requirements. To be eligible for the program, the individual must demonstrate that he or she performed agricultural work in the U.S. the lesser of 575 hours or 100 work days during any 12 consecutive months in the 18-month period ending on August 31, 2003. The application period would begin on the first day of the seventh month after enactment and would run for 18 months. Eligible applicants would be granted temporary resident status while they work towards the permanent residence requirements.