NCAE News Brief 2009, #16
April 24, 2009
NCAE Executive Vice President’s update, week ending 4/24/2009.
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MANDATORY E-VERIFY USE DELAYED AGAIN: “The applicability date
of the final rule requiring federal contractors and subcontractors to
begin using U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) E-Verify
system has been pushed back by six weeks to June 30, 2009.,”
Remember, most agricultural commodities will still be exempted.
o USCIS Announcement:
http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/UpdateContractor_%20Rule_Ext
ended_16apr09.pdf
o NCAE Analysis Memo from November 2008. (Note, analysis Memos
are in the Members only website and available to Benefactor level
members and above.)
http://www.ncaeonline.org/associations/5889/files/MEMORANDUM-EVerify-11-24-2008.pdf
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW! NCAE 46TH ANNUAL MEETING WILL
BE HELD JANUARY 20-22, 2010 IN WASHINGTON, DC.
o Location: Hotel Monaco, in the heart of Washington, DC dining and
entertainment area. Convenient to the Capital, Metro stations,
Museums, and more. http://www.monaco-dc.com/index.html
o The meetings will start at 1:30 PM on Wednesday January 20 and end
with our Board Meeting mid-afternoon on Friday the 22nd.
o Thursday January 21 will be our traditional ‘day on the hill.’
o Join us for education, discussion, political action, networking, and fun.
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The Immigration Policy Center (a division of the American Immigration Law
Foundation) releases a paper discussing the potential for a positive economic
impact of a legalization policy. Good food for thought, this is the opposite side
of the ‘send all 12 Million home’ argument. The report also notes that while
there are 11.9 Million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. in 2008, 1.5
Million of them children, there are over 4 Million U.S. Citizen children with
undocumented parents as well. The report also discusses the huge economic
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effect loss of these workers would pose to industry as well as the cost of
losing their consumer spending power. See:
http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/images/File/factcheck/EconomicsofCI
RFullDoc.pdf

THE HEALTH CARE DEBATE BEGINS IN THE SENATE THIS WEEK. The
Senate promises legislative proposals on Health Care by June. The Senate
champions are Max Baucus (D-MT), and Edward Kennedy (D-MA)
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/21488.html This issue is a key
issue to Agricultural Employers and we will follow it closely, lobby, and
request grassroots input when appropriate.

NEW NCAE MEMBERS THIS WEEK:
Thanks to Executive Committee Member Michaelene Rowe of Snake River
Farmers Association (Heyburn, ID),
http://www.snakeriverfarmers.org/index.html for bringing in the following new
Members: (Michalene says she is not done yet! Well done! When the other
39 Board Members report similar successes we will meet our 2009
Membership and financial goals.)
o
J.D. PauKov. Gooding, ID.
o
Magic Irrigators, Inc. (Armand Eckert), Buhl, ID.
o
Wada Farms, Inc. (Stacie Adams), Pingree, ID.
o
Farm Dev. Corp. (Mark Noble), Glenns Ferry, ID.
o
TLK Farms, Inc. (Terry Ketterling), Mtn. Home, ID.
o
Windy Acres (Larry Gillette), Gooding, ID.
o
Malesich Ranch Co. (Carl Malesich), Dillon, MT.
o
Delta Farms (Michael Lewis), Malta, ID.
o
Hughes Ranch, LLC (Steve Hughes), Polson, MT.
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I will be out of the office the rest of the week attending a program of the
American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) with NCAE Pesident
John Arnold. This program titled “CEP Symposium” will help us with
governance and strategic planning skills to strengthen your association.

Quote of the week: “Advances in medicine and agriculture have saved
vastly more lives than have been lost in all the wars in history.” Dr. Carl
Sagan.
Until Next Week,
Frank
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News articles and citations of interest for week ending 4/24/2009:
April 20, 2009. Keyword: Undocumented Workers
NY Times. “But laid-off construction workers have not been lining up to plant onions or
pick tomatoes,---“ Article discuses why unions seem to have changed direction on
immigration, the bottom line is not positive for employers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/opinion/21tues1.html?_r=1
April 20, 2009. Keyword: Illegal Immigrant
FOX News 23.com “[Oklahoma] House Bill 1804 is still caught up in the legal system. A
lawsuit claims the portion of the bill that would require employers to prove that their
workers are in the country legally is unconstitutional.” While it may not be unreasonable
to require ‘due diligence’ on the part of employers, it does seem draconian (and
hopefully the court will agree unconstitutional) to put the burden of final proof on the
employer. This case may have long term importance to all employers as precedent
relative to the limits of state a local immigration policy.
http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story/Does-Oklahomas-Immigration-Law-ReallyWork/303Va8VfvU--jnKit7f03Q.cspx
April 18, 2009. Keyword: Undocumented Workers
Columbus Dispatch (Ohio.)
http://dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/04/18/idfraud.html?sid=101
April 18, 2009. Keyword: Undocumented Workers
Time.Com “Tougher border enforcement makes leaving a more final and difficult
decision. They don't go home because they know they probably won't get to return.”
Another article on the fact that our lack of workable guest worker programs is NOT
‘sending the undocumented home.’
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1890404,00.html?xid=rss-topstories
April 18, 2009. Keyword: E-Verify
“Right Side News” A discussion of USCIS response to the CIS Ombudsman’s office
recommendations to simplify/improve the E-Verify program. Points 4 and 5 are
particularly good, e-mail reminders and elimination of the duplicate effort of using I-9
AND E-Verify.
http://www.rightsidenews.com/200904184425/homeland-security/uscis-response-to-cisombudsman-recommendation-38-improving-the-e-verify-program.html
April 17, 2009. Keyword: Immigration
Trailblazer’s Bolg, Dallas Morning News.com. “Labor Unions Propose Commission For
Future Immigrant Workers.” This was reported last week but begs the question: How
well have arbitrarily determined “caps” worked for H2-B users?
http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/04/labor-unions-proposecommissio.html
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April 17, 2009. Keyword: Agricultural Labor
San Francisco Chronicle. Farm worker and others march for water in CA. Thousands of
acres CA farmland being left fallow this season due to water shortage. Another reminder
that in the West--- water is for fighting over.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgibin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/04/17/state/n180239D45.DTL&type=business
April 4, 2009. Keyword: Agricultural Labor
Recordnet.com (Stockton, CA.) Article reports ‘Thousands Apply for Farm Jobs.’ Several
other NCAE members have reported record numbers of applicants resulting from
required advertising to comply with the H2A program. The question remains how many
will report, and stay on the job?
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090404/A_BIZ/904040317
Keywords searched: “Immigration”, “Border Health Care Relief”, “H2A”’ “EVerify”, “Undocumented Worker”, “Agricultural labor”, “Agricultural Employer”,
“illegal alien”, “farm worker, “NCAE”, “NCAEonline”, “NCAEonline.org”
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