What's New?

With the start of the 112th Congress and changes in leadership in the U.S House of Representatives, we anticipate a number of legislative proposals of importance
to migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families to be filed and debated in 2011.

This legislation can be anticipated in the areas of public benefits, labor protections, health, education, immigration, and housing.

Specifically, MLAP will be working on the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the CARE Act (which would increase child labor
protections for farmworker children), appropriations legislation, and other issues.

MLAP will also be working on administrative advocacy regarding access to federal food and nutrition programs by those not fluent in English and a variety of issues pertaining to the federal Title I, Part C Migrant Education Program.