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    Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up, DOL NEWS—Secretary of Labor speaks to plan to establish ‘emergency agency’ to process temporary work visa applications, (Jun 26, 2025)

    By Jason Albright, J.D.

    Secretary Chavez-DeRemer reportedly told the Western Governors’ Association that “our farmers and ranchers know that food security is national security.”

    The Utah News Dispatch reports that on Tuesday U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori ...

    By Jason Albright, J.D.

    Secretary Chavez-DeRemer reportedly told the Western Governors’ Association that “our farmers and ranchers know that food security is national security.”

    The Utah News Dispatch reports that on Tuesday U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer told an audience at the Western Governors’ Association annual meeting, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, that she will be establishing “an emergency agency” within her office to process temporary work visa applications “on the spot,” in the face of concerns about an increasing shortage of workers in the agricultural, restaurant, and hospitality industries as the Trump administration resumes stepped-up immigration enforcement raids.

    Interagency collaboration? Chavez-DeRemer, according to the article, said she will be working with the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of State, and the Department of Agriculture “to understand the exact needs,” because work visa application currently involve all three agencies.

    One-stop shopping. “That’s where the hangup happened,” DeRemer observed. “We’re going to do one dedicated, one-stop shop as I call it … and have a live dashboard to see exactly when those permits will be done.”

    Significance for western states. Chavez-DeRemer reportedly acknowledged that work visas in certain specialty occupations—including in the agricultural, hospitality, landscaping, and construction sectors—“are very important to a lot of your respective states and our rural communities.”

    New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat and the governors’ association’s outgoing chair, said temporary work visas are critical to the agriculture sector. And Utah Governor Spencer Cox, a Republican, said most western U.S. states have significant agriculture industries that rely on migrant workers.

    “I would love for Americans to want to do those jobs,” Governor Cox reportedly said. “None of the Americans I know want to do some of these jobs.”

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