Moving Forward On Immigration & Drought Assistance

Moving Forward On Immigration & Drought Assistance

Moving Forward On Immigration & Drought Assistance. I'm Greg Martin with today's Northwest Report.

Washington State Attorney General, Bob Ferguson, has led a coalition of states in filing a "friend of the court" brief in Texas v. United States since the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans program (DAPA) and other reform initiatives have been delayed by the misguided lawsuit led by the state of Texas. Ferguson says it's been 180 days since President Obama announced a series of immigration reforms he was undertaking by executive action. He says he's disappointed that our sister states continue to stymie needed action on immigration.

Ag producers in the 8 worst drought stricken states including Oregon, Idaho and California are getting some extra conservation help. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack made the announcement on Monday.

VILSACK: Today we are announcing the providing of $21-million dollars to 8 states. These are states that have portions of their state or the entirety of their state either as D3 or D4 states and areas on our drought monitor. These resources, the $21-million dollars, is going to be made available with a specific focus on targeted conservation practices that we believe will assist producers in those states to deal with the difficult times they face in light of the drought.

That's today's Northwest Report. I'm Greg Martin on the Ag Information Network of the West.

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