Broadcast Newsline: May 29, 2013

Last week the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the "The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013," a bipartisan immigration reform bill, and Senators Bennet, Feinstein, Hatch, and Rubio helped broker the agreement's agricultural labor language.

Today's Cotton Newsline is 4 cuts. All cuts are Harrison Ashley, Vice President of Ginner Services for the National Cotton Council.

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Last week the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the "The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013," a bipartisan immigration reform bill, and Senators Bennet, Feinstein, Hatch, and Rubio helped broker the agreement's agricultural labor language. Harrison Ashley, Vice President of Ginner Services for the National Cotton Council, explains what the bill includes.

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Ashley explains how the bill will affect undocumented workers.

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A new agricultural guest worker program would be established with two options.

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The National Cotton Council has joined with other agricultural organizations in cosigning a letter, sent to House and Senate leadership and to all House and Senate Members.

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