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Saturday, April 12, 2025
A Labor Department rule issued this spring to protect farmworkers is unconstitutional because it gives farmworkers collective bargaining rights, a federal judge in Georgia ruled Monday, enjoining enforcement of the rule in 17 states.
The Biden administration is struggling in court to preserve a key part of its racial equity agenda - $4 billion in debt relief for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers who have faced decades of discrimination in USDA lending programs.
Five white farmers are claiming the $4 billion debt forgiveness program being implemented by USDA is unconstitutional, in a lawsuit filed in federal court in Wisconsin.
