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Being an agricultural worker “is the most beautiful thing,” Saraí says in an interview in Spanish. She asked to be identified only by her first name because she’s undocumented.
Saraí hasn’t been in the fields lately, though, instead focusing on getting her three kids through virtual schooling. And while she has been spared from the virus, Sarai knows many others who’ve gotten sick. She says the pandemic has made the past year a sad and difficult one for many agricultural workers.
There have been tens of thousands of COVID-19 cases and hundreds of deaths reported among U.S. farmworkers and meat plant workers. Because there isn’t an official tracking system in place, these figures based largely on media reports are likely an undercount.
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Essential Workers Worry as COVID Vaccine Rules Change As states begin prioritizing senior citizens for the COVID-19 vaccine, many essential workers are concerned their vaccinations will be delayed, possibly as late as summer. Jeong Park, The Sacramento Bee | January 25, 2021 | Analysis
(TNS) José Padilla spent the last few months calling on California to prioritize vaccinating its farmworkers, who have to go to the field nearly every day and often can t practice social distancing.
Last month, he and other advocates for farmworkers got a win when California listed essential workers such as farmworkers, teachers and grocery store clerks to be vaccinated right after those in the healthcare industry.
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Undocumented farmworkers could qualify to apply for green cards immediately under the immigration legislation that President Joe Biden unveiled on his first day in office.
Farmworkers would be eligible to apply for permanent legal residency if they have worked in agriculture for at least 100 days during four of the previous five years. They would be required to pass a criminal background check.
People who came to the country without authorization as children and currently have deportation protection under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, as well as those who gained Temporary Protected Status due to extraordinary and temporary conditions, such as civil war or an environmental disaster in their home country, also would be eligible for green cards immediately.
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Interest Groups Lobby to Get Ahead in Vaccine Line
Dr. Norman G. Einspruch, 88, a cardiology patient at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, receives his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Susana Flores Villamil. Florida and some other states have led the way in prioritizing people over 65 ahead of essential workers, amid intense lobbying from interest groups.
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States are choosing who gets the COVID-19 vaccine and in what order, sparking a behind-the-scenes battle among interest groups hoping to slide into line ahead of others.
Advocates for older adults, teachers, restaurant workers, agricultural workers and others are pleading their cases to governors and state health advisers. Some groups already have notched successes, particularly interest groups representing Americans over 65.
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