# Zombie Amnesty Plan Shambles On In Lame Duck Congress Amid Trump Floating Deal With Democrats

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/zombie-amnesty-plan-shambles-on-in-lame-duck-congress-amid-trump-floating-deal-with-democrats/
- Published: 2026-11-13T17:52:10+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T18:34:12+00:00
- Original publisher: The Daily Caller (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://dailycaller.com/2026/11/13/amnesty-push-lives-on-in-lame-duck-congress-as-trump-floats-deal-with-democrats-glenn-thompson-mullin-illegal-immigrants-agriculture
- Topics: Entertainment, Government, Horror, Politics

## Key points

- A farmworker immigration bill is pending in the House.
- It could offer eligible workers a route to H-2A status.
- Critics call the proposal amnesty; supporters cite labour shortages.

## Summary

A bipartisan-backed proposal to give some undocumented agricultural workers a route to legal status is drawing renewed attention as Republicans face pressure to act before their House control may end. The bill’s supporters present it as a response to farm labour shortages, while critics say legalising workers on the basis of past employment amounts to amnesty.

The Securing Agriculture’s Workforce Act of 2026, sponsored by Republican Glenn Thompson, remains before the House Judiciary Committee, chaired by Jim Jordan. It would cover people who completed at least six months of qualifying agricultural work in the previous two years, waive some grounds of inadmissibility and allow eligible workers to obtain H-2A status. Thompson said in October that he hoped Congress would consider the bill during its post-election lame-duck session; an industry association has also urged the committee to advance it.

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