Max Armstrong shares a look at the work of Congress on immigration reform. The last attempt was eight years ago, and that failed. Max reports that the inability to achieve immigration reform is being seen as a failure by the president of the National Council for Farmer Cooperatives, yet Chuck Conner is seeing renewed optimism. Max offers insights from Connor on the work being done, including the introduction of the U.S. Citizen Act of 2021.

Farm Progress America is a daily look at key issues in agriculture. It is produced and presented by Max Armstrong, veteran farm broadcaster and host of This Week in Agribusiness.

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