Article 9 - California Program for Agricultural Employees

Sections (3)

§ 12092

Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 636, Sec. 2. (SB 831) Effective January 1, 2024.

As used in this article, the following terms apply:

(a)“Agricultural employee” has the same meaning as that term is defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1140.4 of the Labor Code.

(b)“Parole” has the same meaning as that term is used in Section 1182(d)(5)(A) of Title 8 of the United States Code, which authorizes the United States Attorney General, on a case-by-case basis, to parole an alien applying for admission to the United States if there is an urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.

(c)“Program” means a program for an agricultural employee to be granted parole.

§ 12092.1

Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 636, Sec. 2. (SB 831) Effective January 1, 2024.

To address the state’s critical need for labor provided by agricultural employees, and the economic harm California faces from the uncertainty surrounding the immigration status of the state’s agricultural employee workforce, the Governor, on behalf of this state, may enter into an agreement with the United States Attorney General, or the United States Attorney General’s designee, to establish a program for the United States Attorney General, or the United States Attorney General’s designee, to grant an agricultural employee, living in the state, parole.

§ 12092.2

Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 636, Sec. 2. (SB 831) Effective January 1, 2024.

Subject to the implementation of the program, on the third year of the renewal of the program, the Governor shall prepare a report to the Legislature, in accordance with Section 9795, on the impact of the program on all of the following:

(a)The state’s critical need for labor provided by agricultural employees.

(b)The state’s ability to attract and maintain its agricultural employee workforce.

(c)Other effects on the state’s economy.