This bill amends federal immigration law to classify crawfish processing as agricultural labor, making workers in that industry eligible for agricultural visa programs. Currently, crawfish processing activities like washing, sorting, grading, boiling, peeling, and transporting are not recognized as agricultural work under immigration law, limiting employers' ability to hire foreign workers for these jobs. The bill expands the definition of agricultural labor in the Immigration and Nationality Act to explicitly include crawfish processing, treating it similarly to other farm-related work like apple pressing. This change primarily affects crawfish processing facilities, which are concentrated in Louisiana, and the foreign workers they employ. The legislation was introduced in June 2026 and contains no specific funding allocations or implementation timelines.
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