Special Agricultural Worker program

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The Special Agricultural Worker program was a U.S. immigration initiative that granted legal status to certain undocumented farmworkers who met specific agricultural employment requirements.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States immigration program
legalization program
administeredBy Immigration and Naturalization Service
appliesTo undocumented farmworkers
beneficiary U.S. agricultural employers
undocumented seasonal farmworkers
benefit pathway to permanent resident status
temporary legal status
consequence legalization of large numbers of farmworkers in the United States
country United States of America
surface form: United States
eligibilityCriterion completion of specified periods of qualifying agricultural employment
performance of seasonal agricultural services
focus labor-intensive crop agriculture
seasonal farm labor
historicalContext part of the 1986 U.S. immigration reform package
implementedUnder Reagan administration
surface form: Ronald Reagan administration
legalBasis Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
policyGoal to bring undocumented farmworkers into legal status
to stabilize the agricultural labor force
policyType amnesty program
legalization of unauthorized immigrants
purpose to grant legal status to certain undocumented agricultural workers
relatedTo H-2A temporary agricultural worker program
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
surface form: Immigration Reform and Control Act general amnesty program
requires proof of agricultural employment
sector agriculture
shortName SAW program
startPeriod late 1980s
statusGrantedTo eligible undocumented agricultural workers
targetPopulation seasonal agricultural workers

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Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 legalizationProgram Special Agricultural Worker program
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 includesProvision Special Agricultural Worker program
this entity surface form: Special Agricultural Worker legalization program
Simpson–Mazzoli Act includesProvision Special Agricultural Worker program
Public Law 99-603 createsProgram Special Agricultural Worker program